Look up: mandolin

1. Mandolin
   The mandolin of mandoline is a stringed musical instrument like a small lute. The most widely known variety is the Neapolitan, which has eight strings tuned in four pairs of unisons to the same fifths as the violin, and played by a plectrum. The Milanese variety has five double strings (each pair in...
   Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow
   
   
2. mandolin
   [n] - a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
3. mandolin
   an instrument of somewhat the same type as the lute Category: General
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
4. mandolin
   noun a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
   Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
   
   
5. Mandolin
   • (n.) Alt. of Mandoline
   Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
   
   
6. mandolin
   small stringed musical instrument in the lute family. It evolved in the 18th century in Italy and Germany from the 16th-century mandora.
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/25
   
   
7. mandolin
   mandolin (măn"dulin', măn'dulin") , musical instrument of the lute family, with a half-pear-shaped body, a fretted neck, and a variable number of strings, plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum. The earlier mandolin, with five double strings, was developed from the m...
   Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08315
   
   
8. mandolin
   Plucked string instrument which flourished 1600–1800. It has four to six pairs of strings (courses) and is tuned like a violin. The fingerboard is fretted to regulate intonation. It takes its name from its almond-shaped body (Italian mandorla `almond`). Vivaldi composed two concertos for the mandolin in about 1...
   Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency
   
   
9. Mandolin
   small Italian lute usually with 8 strings, sometimes 12. Now popular throughout the western world, often made with a flat back like a cittern.
   Found on http://www.hobgoblin-usa.com/info/glossa