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1. (n.) pickle
a cucumber that has been preserved and flavored in brine, vinegar, or the like.
2. pickle
any other vegetable, as cauliflower, preserved in vinegar and eaten as a relish.
3. pickle
any food preserved in a brine or marinade.
4. pickle
a liquid usu. prepared with salt or vinegar for preserving or flavoring meat, vegetables, etc.; brine or marinade.
5. pickle
an acid or other chemical solution in which metal objects are dipped to remove oxide scale or other adhering substances.
6. pickle
a troublesome situation; predicament.
7. (v.t.) pickle
to preserve or steep in brine or other liquid.
8. pickle
to treat with a chemical solution, as for the purpose of cleaning.
9. pickle
to antique (woodwork), as by bleaching.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME pikkyll, pekille < MD, MLG pekel (&whence; G Pökel) brine, pickle)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pickle
vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar
2. (verb) fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish
informal terms for a difficult situation
"he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
3. (verb) pickle
preserve in a pickling liquid
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1. (noun) pickle
a cucumber preserved in vinegar and spices
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pickle
see Picle
2. (verb) pickle
a solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc., may be preserved or corned; brine
3. (verb) pickle
vinegar, plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters, etc
4. (verb) pickle
any article of food which has been preserved in brine or in vinegar
5. (verb) pickle
a bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their color
6. (verb) pickle
a troublesome child; as, a little pickle
7. (verb) pickle
to preserve or season in pickle; to treat with some kind of pickle; as, to pickle herrings or cucumbers
8. (verb) pickle
to give an antique appearance to; -- said of copies or imitations of paintings by the old masters
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. pickle
An acid solution for cleaning metal surfaces before electro-plating, galvanizing or other deposition of metal upon them.
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Sense: a vegetable or vegetables preserved in vinegar, salt water etc
Do you want some pickle(s) on your hamburger?
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 Afrikaans: pekel |
 Arabic: خُضار مَكْبوسَه |
 Bulgarian: туршия |
 Brazilian: picles |
 Czech: naložená zelenina |
 German: die Gewürzgurke |
 Danish: syltede grøntsager; pickl |
 Greek: τουρσί |
 Spanish: encurtido |
 Estonian: marineeritud aedvili |
 Farsi: ترشی |
 Finnish: säilötty vihannes |
 French: marinade(s) |
 Hebrew: מַחמָצִים |
 Hindi: अचार |
 Croatian: rasol, ukiseljeno povrće |
 Hungarian: (ecetes) savanyúság |
 Indonesian: acar |
 Icelandic: súrsað grænmeti |
 Italian: sottaceto |
 Japanese: ピクルス |
 Korean: 피클 |
 Lithuanian: raugintos/marinuotos darž |
 Latvian: marinēti dārzeņi/augļi |
 Malay: jeruk |
 Dutch: tafelzuur |
 Norwegian: sylteagurk, pickles |
 Polish: marynata |
 Persian: ترشی |
 Pashto: اچار، په ترشې كښې اچول شو |
 Portuguese: picles |
 Romanian: murături |
 Russian: соленья, маринады |
 Slovak: naložená zelenina |
 Slovenian: marinada; zelenjava v kis |
 Serbian: turšija |
 Swedish: pickles |
 Thai: ผักดอง |
 Turkish: turşu |
 Taiwanese: 醃漬蔬菜，泡菜 |
 Ukrainian: соління; маринад |
 Urdu: اچار، چٹني |
 Vietnamese: dưa chua |
 Chinese: 泡菜 |
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