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Culinary Arts & Cooking vocabulary · Kitchen Equipment

Rolling pin

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, rolling pin means: A cylindrical tool rolled over dough to flatten it to a desired thickness.

In Turkish: oklava, merdane

How it is used

Use roll out with dough; rolling pins vary in length and handle design.

Example sentences

  1. Use a rolling pin to flatten the pastry evenly.

    Rolling pressure spreads the dough into a thinner sheet.

  2. The long rolling pin helped her open a wide sheet of dough.

    The tool's length suits the size of the dough sheet.

Common collocations

  • wooden rolling pin
  • roll with a rolling pin
  • pastry chefA chef who specialises in desserts, pastries, breads and other baked goods and usually runs the pastry section of a kitchen. Also called a pâtissier.
  • 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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