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Pickle

🔄 Synonyms of "Pickle"

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WordDefinition
muddlenounTo mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
holenounA 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
messnouna 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.

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WordDefinition
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
holenounA hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
fixnounA difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
muddlenounA mixture; a confusion; a garble.
messnouna 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.
pumpkinnounThe round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.
sousenounSomething kept or steeped in brine.
saltnounA 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.
troublenounA distressing or dangerous situation.
embarrassmentnounA state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
curenounA method, device or medication that restores good health.
choicenounAn option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
dill picklenounA cucumber pickled in brine or vinegar flavored with dill and other seasonings.
pickle juicenounThe brine or vinegar solution in which dill pickles have been preserved.
kosher picklenounA 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.
dillnounAnethum 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.

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