[
US
/ˈpɪkəɫ/
]
[ UK /pˈɪkəl/ ]
[ 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
- preserve in a pickling liquid
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!