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11pickle — n *predicament, plight, dilemma, quandary, scrape, fix, jam …
12pickle — n. 1) a dill; sour; sweet pickle 2) (BE) mustard pickle; pickles and chutney 3) (misc.) in a pickle ( in trouble ) USAGE NOTE: In the United States, a pickle is a pickled cucumber. In Great Britain, the typical pickle is a thick sauce of pickled… …
13pickle — [[t]pɪ̱k(ə)l[/t]] pickles, pickling, pickled 1) N PLURAL Pickles are vegetables or fruit, sometimes cut into pieces, which have been kept in vinegar or salt water for a long time so that they have a strong, sharp taste. Another strong Yorkshire… …
14Pickle — The pickle s provenance can be traced to one William Beukelz or Beukel, a fourteen century Dutch fisherman who was known as the first to pickle food. Though Beukel pickled fish, his name, mispronounced slightly, came to apply to pickled… …
15pickle — {{11}}pickle (n.) mid 15c., probably from M.Du. pekel pickle, brine, from a Low German root of uncertain origin or meaning (Cf. Du. pekel, E.Fris. päkel, Ger. pökel). Originally a sauce served with meat or fowl; meaning cucumber preserved in… …
16pickle — n 1. cucumber pickle, cornichon, gherkin, dill pickle, dill, sweet pickle, sour pickle, bread and butter pickle, pickled watermelon rind; relish, piccalilli, chili, chili sauce, chowchow, chutney. 2. brine, steep, marinade, sauce, soy sauce,… …
17pickle — I UK [ˈpɪk(ə)l] / US noun Word forms pickle : singular pickle plural pickles 1) [uncountable] British a thick sauce consisting of vegetables or fruit preserved in vinegar, eaten especially with cold food lime pickle 2) [countable] mainly American …
18pickle — pickle1 /pik euhl/, n., v., pickled, pickling. n. 1. a cucumber that has been preserved in brine, vinegar, or the like. 2. Often, pickles. any other vegetable, as cauliflower, celery, etc., preserved in vinegar and eaten as a relish. 3. something …
19pickle — Synonyms and related words: acid, acidulant, anhydrate, baffle, bafflement, bearings, bewilderment, bind, blast freeze, booze up, boozify, bother, box, bread and butter pickle, brine, case, chokecherry, circumstance, clutch, complication,… …
20pickle — 1 noun 1 (U) a strong tasting liquid made with vinegar, used to preserve vegetables 2 (U) BrE a thick cold sauce eaten with food, made from pieces of vegetables preserved in vinegar: sweet pickle | cheese and pickle sandwiches 3 (C, U) AmE a… …
