Definition of "mandolins" []

• Plural form of mandolin. (noun)

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• "Anne, there is a little bit of evidence that violins (in particular) do increase in amplitude and perhaps other aspects of sound through playing, so we can't really say that there is nothing to the idea of mandolins waking up or opening up, but there is certainly no agreement that they definitely do open up, and certainly no agreement as to how much."
• "The tumbling mandolins that open the title track of Lady Antebellum's new album telegraph the group's loyalty to country music, but the electric-guitar riffs that follow nod to their past success on pop radio."
• "On the way to Galax, at Blue Ridge Music Center Grayson/Carroll County, a museum just off the parkway, you can talk to talented luthiers who create fine guitars, banjos, mandolins and other instruments on site."