| pickle | | |
| n. (food) | 1. pickle | vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar. |
| ~ relish | spicy or savory condiment. |
| ~ gherkin | any of various small cucumbers pickled whole. |
| ~ caper | pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces. |
| ~ dill pickle | pickle preserved in brine or vinegar flavored with dill seed. |
| ~ sweet pickle | pickle cured in brine and preserved in sugar and vinegar. |
| n. (state) | 2. fix, hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickle | informal terms for a difficult situation.; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" |
| ~ difficulty | a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome.; "grappling with financial difficulties" |
| ~ dog's breakfast, dog's dinner | a poor job; a mess.; "they made a real dog's breakfast of that job" |
| v. (change) | 3. pickle | preserve in a pickling liquid. |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ preserve, keep | prevent (food) from rotting.; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" |
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