pickle

[ US /ˈpɪkəɫ/ ]
[ UK /pˈɪkə‍l/ ]

NOUN

vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar
informal terms for a difficult situation
he made a muddle of his marriage
he got into a terrible fix

VERB

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How To Use pickle In A Sentence

Brown bags of pasta stand ready to be combined with cans of Italian tuna, homemade pickled vegetables, home-canned tomato sauce, and jars of his favorite imported red peppers.
'Th' Rambler fr'm Clare 'beautifully on what they call a pickle-e-o befure they sarved a rayplivin writ on him. Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen
The best-known dressing-up dish is kimchee, vegetables pickled in sweetish but mostly hot red chili paste touched with garlic and ginger.
Black olives are picked when ripe and are pickled in brine and sometimes then in oil.
Pickles has earned widespread plaudits since taking office for his energetic and radical approach to reforming local government. Times, Sunday Times
This week we had a carrot salad with diced chilies, pickled lemon rind and cilantro.
It's also a preservative so most pickles contain vinegar of some kind. The Sun
The salmon they carried from Berwick was boiled, pickled in brine and delivered in barrels known as kitts.
The Frenchie is a Bloody with a Dijon bite balanced with a blue cheese-stuffed olive plus pickled asparagus, a pickle, lemon and lime. JSOnline.com
He serves short ribs, potatoes, fried bone marrow, corn puree and pickled sea beans glasswort. Top Chef All Stars Ep. 12: A Final Five!