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rolling pin

rolling pin

7 1.5
A long round tool for flattening dough in the kitchen
  • noun
  • /ˈroʊlɪŋ pɪn/
translation icon : rodillo
  • I like to use a wooden rolling pin without handles for more control.
  • rolling pin and dough
  • floured rolling pin
  • used a rolling pin

Boom, flatten it out, take a rolling pin and you're just going to roll it flat.

Examples

  • You can also use a rolling pin to roll out the dough.

  • Felix banged the rolling pin hard against the mountain of dough.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Then take a rolling pin and start rolling it out.

  • Lift onto the pan with the help of your rolling pin, then press into the corners using your finger.

    Blog text (15)

  • The dough smoothed out rich and brown under the rolling pin.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Use enough flour so that the dough doesn't stick to your board or your rolling pin.

    Blog text (15)

  • Continue to flour your rolling pin and scrape any sticky pieces of dough off of it frequently.

    Blog text (1)

  • "Gingerbread," said Mrs. Jeffers, patting flour onto the rolling pin.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The sound of Kee Kee's rolling pin smacking the wooden table was loud in the silence.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Lightly dust the counter and rolling pin with flour, then unwrap the dough.

Synonyms

roller
vsrolling pin
20 2.0

A cylinder used to roll over things to flatten or shape them

is a kitchen cylinder used specifically to flatten dough
flattener
vsrolling pin
5.1

A machine that makes a surface flat and even

is a simple handheld kitchen cylinder used to flatten dough

Surface Forms

rolling pin singular
rolling pins plural

Morphology

roll + pin

The meaning is directly derivable from the parts: 'rolling' names the action and 'pin' denotes a slender implement, so a learner can infer a rod-like tool used for rolling dough. Although 'pin' often means a fastener, English extends it to thin objects (e.g. hairpin), and the modifier+noun composition is a transparent, cross-linguistically common pattern.

Etymology

Rolling pin is named for a simple image: a round wooden pin that you 'roll' over dough to make it flat. That's why rolling pin now means the tool used to 'roll' or 'flatten' dough.