Pickle

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkəl/

Pickle (noun)

  1. a vegetable, usually cucumber, kept in vinegar or salt water to make it sour.
  2. a tricky or difficult situation that is hard to solve.

Examples

  • She added a pickle to her sandwich.
  • Pickles are often served with burgers.

Common collocations: dill pickle, jar of pickles, pickled cucumber, in a pickle, get into a pickle

Pickle (verb)

  1. to keep food, especially vegetables, in vinegar or salt water to make it last longer.

Examples

  • She likes to pickle cucumbers in summer.
  • They pickle vegetables to store for winter.

Synonyms of Pickle

Neutral

Informal

Antonyms of Pickle

  • describing food that is not preserved