pickle
- pickle
- [[t]pɪ̱k(ə)l[/t]]
1) N-PLURAL Pickles are vegetables or fruit, sometimes cut into pieces, which have been kept in vinegar or salt water for a long time so that they have a strong, sharp taste.
Another strong Yorkshire country tradition is making pickles and chutneys.
2) N-MASS Pickle is a cold spicy sauce with pieces of vegetables and fruit in it.
3) VERB When you pickle food, you keep it in vinegar or salt water so that it does not go bad and it develops a strong, sharp taste.
[V n] Select your favourite fruit or veg and pickle them while they are still fresh...
[V n] Herrings can be salted, smoked and pickled.
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pickling N-UNCOUNT oft N n Small pickling onions can be used instead of sliced ones.
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N-SING: a N If you are
in a pickle, you are in a difficult and awkward situation. [INFORMAL]
Companies find themselves in a pickle when their markets change...
Caroline had sure as hell got herself into a pickle this time.
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Pickle — or pickling may refer to: Food * Pickling, the process of preserving a food by soaking and storing it in vinegar or brine, which has been going on for five thousand years. * Pickled cucumber, a food most commonly referred to as a pickle in the… … Wikipedia
Pickle — Pic kle, n. [Cf. D. pekel. Probably a dim. fr. {Pick}, v. t., alluding to the cleaning of the fish.] 1. (a) A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc., may be preserved or corned; brine. (b) Vinegar, plain or spiced, used for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pickle — Pic kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pickled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pickling}.] 1. To preserve or season in pickle; to treat with some kind of pickle; as, to pickle herrings or cucumbers. [1913 Webster] 2. To give an antique appearance to; said of copies or … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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pickle — ► NOUN 1) a relish consisting of vegetables or fruit preserved in vinegar, brine, or mustard. 2) liquid used to preserve food or other perishable items. 3) (a pickle) informal a difficult situation. ► VERB 1) preserve (food) in pickle. 2) ( … English terms dictionary
pickle — [n] sticky situation bind, box*, corner*, difficulty, dilemma, disorder, fix, hole*, hot water*, jam*, predicament, quandary, scrape, spot*, tight spot*; concept 674 Ant. boon, pleasure pickle [v] preserve fruit or vegetable can, cure, keep,… … New thesaurus
pickle — [pik′əl] n. [ME pikil < MDu pekel < ? picken, to prick, in sense “that which pricks, or is piquant”] 1. any brine, vinegar, or spicy solution used to preserve or marinate food 2. a vegetable, specif. a cucumber, preserved in such a solution … English World dictionary
Pickle — Pic kle, n. [Obs.] See {Picle}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pickle — Pickle. См. Травление. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) … Словарь металлургических терминов
pickle — index imbroglio Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pickle — n *predicament, plight, dilemma, quandary, scrape, fix, jam … New Dictionary of Synonyms
