rolling pin

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A rolling pin is the heavy wooden cylinder you flatten dough with. Reach for the rolling pin.

The weight does the work, so pressing down on a light one only makes it stick. A French rolling pin has no handles and is tapered, which gives far better control.

Definitions of rolling pin

1phraserolling pinThe heavy wooden cylinder you flatten dough with.B1
“The rolling pin had belonged to her grandmother.”
- Said"Pass me the rolling pin; this needs to be thinner."
- WrittenThe rolling pin had belonged to her grandmother and was heavy enough to be a weapon.
- UsedDust the rolling pin with flour so the dough does not stick.
- ContrastA rolling pin, not a bottle. A wine bottle will flatten pastry in an emergency; a rolling pin was made for it. bottle →
- Not thisA round pole is not a rolling pin unless it is smooth and made for the kitchen.
- SimplyTake the rolling pin. Make the bread flat.
Patternroll out with a rolling pin · a wooden / marble rolling pin · rolling pin handle

rolling pin is a tool.

Remember it

ROLLING pin → it ROLLs over the dough

It rolls back and forth over the dough until the dough is flat and thin enough for a pie.

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