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- Dictionarypickle/ˈpɪkl/
noun
- 1. a relish consisting of vegetables or fruit preserved in vinegar or brine: "cheese and pickle" Similar
- 2. a difficult situation: informal "I am in a pickle" Similar
verb
- 1. preserve (food or other perishable items) in vinegar or brine: "fish pickled in brine"
- 2. immerse (a metal object) in an acid or other chemical solution for cleaning: "the steel sheet is first pickled in acid to remove all oxides"
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a vegetable or fruit in vinegar or in salty water, especially a cucumber: Have some pickles with your sandwich. a sweet / sour pickle. BRETT STEVENS/Cultura/GettyImages. [ U ] UK. a sauce made from vegetables in vinegar with spices added: cheese and pickle sandwiches. Fewer examples. Usually I crave something sour like a pickle instead of cookies.
The meaning of PICKLE is a solution or bath for preserving or cleaning. How to use pickle in a sentence.
Pickle definition: a cucumber that has been preserved in brine, vinegar, or the like.. See examples of PICKLE used in a sentence.
a vegetable or fruit in vinegar or in salty water, especially a cucumber: Have some pickles with your sandwich. a sweet / sour pickle. BRETT STEVENS/Cultura/GettyImages. [ U ] UK. a sauce made from vegetables in vinegar with spices added: cheese and pickle sandwiches. Fewer examples. Usually I crave something sour like a pickle instead of cookies.
Pickles are vegetables or fruit, which have been kept in liquid for a long time to give them a strong, sharp taste.
A pickle is a food that's made by soaking vegetables in brine or vinegar. If you are wondering what that crunchy green wedge beside your sandwich is, it just may be a pickle. While the most familiar pickles in the US are the thin disks or small, crunchy pickled cucumbers you can buy in jars, there are many other kinds of pickles.
to store; prepare for long-range storage: Let's pickle these old cars for a few years.
