I believe you are referring to a mandolin kitchen slicer. It is a slicer which works by sliding the food across the blade with the slices falling out the bottom. It usually has a variety of interchangeable blades for different types of slicing.
Mandolin kitchen slicers have many uses. They are great for slicing items to uniform thickness. One place you can learn more about the slicer is http://www.suite101.com/content/food-and-vegetable-mandolin-kitchen-slicers-a121465.
Mandolin
a mandolin is a string instrument that has four sets of two strings. so it looks like there are four strings but there are really eight. it has a "light" sound to it like a ukulele or a banjo and is tuned like a violin. A mandolin is also a very sharp slicing instrument used by kitchen workers.
Mandolin.....maybe
a mandolin is used in commercial kitchens for the fine slicing of a different variety of foods. It's great for making homemade crisps, as the mandolin can slice potatoes very thin just like the crisps you can purchase from a shop.
fiddle and mandolin
A banjo-mandolin is a four-stringed instrument with a body of a mandolin and the neck of a banjo.
mandolin
Refrigerator, wall oven, stove top, dish washer microwave
Stiver Mandolin
Mandolin Wind was created in 1971.
mandolin (apex)