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Pickle

/ˈpɪkl̩/

A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.

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📖 Definitions of "Pickle"

noun

1
A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
"A pickle goes well with a hamburger."
2
(often in the plural) Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.
3
The brine used for preserving food.
"This tub is filled with the pickle that we will put the small cucumbers into."
4
A difficult situation; peril.
"The climber found himself in a pickle when one of the rocks broke off."

verb

1
To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.
"These cucumbers pickle very well."
2
To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.
"The crew will pickle the fittings in the morning."
3
(in the Python programming language) To serialize.
4
To pour brine over a person after flogging them, as a method of punishment.

🔄 Synonyms of "Pickle"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
muddlenoun	To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
holenoun	A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
jamnoun	(less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
messnoun	a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation
fixverb	(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
kettle of fishnoun	(idiomatic) An awkward situation.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pickle"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
jamnoun	(less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
holenoun	A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
fixnoun	A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
muddlenoun	A mixture; a confusion; a garble.
messnoun	a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation
kettle of fishnoun	(idiomatic) An awkward situation.
cheesenoun	(uncountable) A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
pumpkinnoun	The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.
sousenoun	Something kept or steeped in brine.
saltnoun	A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a food ingredient, seasoning, condiment, and preservative.
idiotnoun	(derogatory) A person of low general intelligence.
troublenoun	A distressing or dangerous situation.
embarrassmentnoun	A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
curenoun	A method, device or medication that restores good health.
choicenoun	An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
dill picklenoun	A cucumber pickled in brine or vinegar flavored with dill and other seasonings.
pickle juicenoun	The brine or vinegar solution in which dill pickles have been preserved.
kosher picklenoun	A pickled cucumber for which the pickling is done with kosher salt.
piccalillinoun	(British) A yellow pickle relish made from cauliflower, vegetable marrow, and other vegetables, pickled with vinegar, salt, sugar, and spiced with mustard, turmeric, and other spices.
dillnoun	Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.