pickle
/ˈpɪkəl/
noun
- A cucumber or other vegetable that has been preserved in vinegar or salt water.
- The jar of pickles in the fridge is almost empty.
- I love eating a crunchy pickle with my sandwich.
- She added sliced pickles to the burger for extra flavor.
- A difficult or unpleasant situation.
- He got himself into a real pickle when he forgot his passport at home.
- We were in a pickle after the car broke down in the middle of nowhere.
- Losing the keys put us in a pickle just before the meeting.
verb
- To preserve food in vinegar or salt water.
- They decided to pickle the extra beets from the garden.
- My grandmother used to pickle cucumbers every summer.
- You can pickle onions to make them last longer.