rolling-pin
- noun
- B2
- Top 10000
A smooth round bar of wood, stone or plastic, usually with a handle at each end, that you push over dough to press it flat and thin.
Dust the rolling-pin with flour so the dough doesn't stick to it.
If you have no rolling-pin, an empty bottle works nearly as well.
He rolled the biscuit dough flat with a short wooden rolling-pin.
Marble rolling-pins stay cool, which helps when you make buttery pastry.
Common collocations: a wooden rolling-pin · a marble rolling-pin · roll the dough out with a rolling-pin · flour the rolling-pin · use a rolling-pin
Part of: Kitchen utensils, Cooking, Bread and grains
Forms
- plural
- rolling-pins