Pickle

Quick meaning: Pickle is a noun meaning (often in the plural) Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.

Meaning

(often in the plural) Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.

More Meanings

1. (UK) A sweet, vinegary pickled chutney popular in Britain.
2. The brine used for preserving food.
3. (informal) A difficult situation; peril.
4. (endearing) A mildly mischievous loved one.
5. (baseball) A rundown.
6. (uncountable) A children’s game with three participants that emulates a baseball rundown
7. (chiefly US, Canada, Australia) A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.

Example Sentences

A pickle goes well with a hamburger.

Jones was caught in a pickle between second and third.

I beg you, Miss Jones, to realize the pickle you're in.

The climber found himself in a pickle when one of the rocks broke off.

Word Forms

• pickles
• pickel
• pickling
• pickled

Synonyms for pickle

Depending on context, synonyms include bind, calvary, cauldron, cross, difficulty, dilemma.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jam, hole, fix, muddle, mess, cheese.

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