1. a kitchen utensil with an adjustable blade for slicing vegetables and fruits into uniform pieces

Examples

• She used a mandoline to slice the potatoes paper-thin for gratin.
• The chef’s mandoline made perfectly uniform cucumber slices for the salad.
• Be careful when using the mandoline – the blade is extremely sharp.
• The mandoline’s adjustable settings allow for different slice thicknesses.
• He julienned the carrots quickly with his professional mandoline.
• Always use the hand guard when operating a mandoline slicer.