rolling pin

noun

: a long cylinder for rolling out dough

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Taxonomic charts on the walls borrow the aesthetic of science but are populated with terms from the history of art and absurd twists: a bird is labeled with the names of 20th-century avant-garde movements, a shark is juxtaposed with a rolling pin and a cola bottle. Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 10 Jan. 2025 Among the guidelines: The dough consists of four simple ingredients — water, salt, wheat flour and yeast, and must be kneaded by hand or with a slow-speed mixer and formed without a rolling pin. Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025 Press a rolling pin horizontally into the center of the dough to create a trough. Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024 Embossed rolling pin: $12.99 Christmas cookies just got a little more festive thanks to this Christmas embossed rolling pin from Amazon. Christopher Murray, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rolling pin 

Word History

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rolling pin was in 1563

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“Rolling pin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rolling%20pin. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

rolling pin

noun
: a cylinder (as of wood) used to roll out dough

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