PICKLES
/ˈpɪkəlz/
15
Scrabble
18
WWF
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Definition
/ˈpɪkəlz/
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.”
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.
noun
- A kernel; a grain (of salt, sugar, etc.)
- A small or indefinite quantity or amount (of something); a little, a bit, a few. Usually in partitive construction, frequently without "of"; a single grain or kernel of wheat, barley, oats, sand or dust.
verb
- To eat sparingly.
- To pilfer.
Source: Wiktionary
