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Mandoline

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, mandoline means: A kitchen slicer with a fixed blade over which food is moved to make even slices.

In Turkish: mandolin dilimleyici

How it is used

Often discussed with slice thickness and interchangeable cutting attachments.

Example sentences

  1. The mandoline produced even slices for the potato gratin.

    The fixed cutting setting controls slice thickness.

  2. She adjusted the mandoline for thinner cucumber slices.

    The tool's setting changes the thickness of repeated cuts.

Common collocations

  • mandoline slicer
  • adjust the mandoline
  • sliceTo cut something into thin, flat pieces. As a noun, a slice is one of these pieces, such as a slice of bread or lemon.
  • prepShort for preparation: the work of getting food ready before cooking or service, such as washing, peeling, cutting, portioning and making sauces. Also used as a verb.

More terms: Kitchen Equipment

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