Pickle

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Translations 1.2 Verb 1.3 Alternative spelling 1.4 Related terms

English

Noun

pickle

1. Food preserved in an acidic solution usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
2. The brine used for preserving food.
3. A difficult situation.

   Saint Lucy found herself in quite the pickle when confronted by her Roman suitor.

Translations

• French; cornichon m (1)
• German: pickel
• Italian: sottaceto m, salamoia f
• Neapolitan: cumpòsta

Verb

to pickle

1. To preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.
2. To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated sulphuric acid.

Alternative spelling

pickel

Related terms

pickling