mandolute
/ˈmændə(ˌ)luːt/
mandolute noun: a musical instrument similar to a mandolin, but larger.
Noun
mandolute (plural mandolutes)
- A musical instrument similar to a mandolin, but larger.
- Not content with flailing at the playwright and the movement that had nurtured him ("the little theater of cheesecloth and mandolutes"), De Voto attacked the Theater Guild, charging that its resources and prestige, its "power to compel the admiration of multitudes," where chiefly responsible for...2002, Louis Sheaffer, O'Neill: Son and Artist, page 460
Forms of mandolute
| plural | mandolutes |
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Origin of mandolute
Blend of mandolin + lute.
Questions about mandolute
- What does mandolute mean?
- Mandolute means a musical instrument similar to a mandolin, but larger.
- What part of speech is mandolute?
- Mandolute is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mandolute?
- Mandolute is pronounced /ˈmændə(ˌ)luːt/.
- What is the plural of mandolute?
- The plural of mandolute is mandolutes.
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