PICKLE
/ˈpɪkl̩/
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Definition
/ˈpɪkl̩/
noun
- A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.“A pickle goes well with a hamburger.”
- (often in the plural) Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.
- The brine used for preserving food.“This tub is filled with the pickle that we will put the small cucumbers into.”
- A difficult situation; peril.“The climber found himself in a pickle when one of the rocks broke off.”
- A mildly mischievous loved one.
verb
- To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.“These cucumbers pickle very well.”
- To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.“The crew will pickle the fittings in the morning.”
- (in the Python programming language) To serialize.
- To pour brine over a person after flogging them, as a method of punishment.
Source: Wiktionary
