pickle

[US]/'pɪk(ə)l/
[UK]/'pɪkl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. salt brine; pickled vegetables; preserved food
vt. soak; preserve

Phrases & Collocations

dill pickle

pickle juice

sweet pickle

in pickle

preserved szechuan pickle

Example Sentences

have a rod in pickle for sb.

Mother used to pickle onions.

Most people eat pickles at breakfast.

pregnant women lusting for pickles and ice cream.

chunks of fish pickled in brine.

swap one of your sandwiches for a cheese and pickle?.

the meat was pickled in salt and carted to El Paso.

A drop of water is very infinitesimal,but do you know many a pickle makes a muckle's truth?

Things are in a real pickle at the moment, I’m afraid. My assistant’s left and I’m completely lost without him!

It is a reform for traditional and unartificial fermentation mode to product pickles by using artificial inoculation, as well as a symbol of the modern fermentation technology.

Uh... We usually eat battercake, fried doughnuts,tea-boiled eggs, pickled vegetables and soybean milk etc. for breakfast.

This paper compared with several ways of yeastiness, determined the yeasty method using old pickle to add matural water,which suits large quantity of production in industrialization.

Real-world Examples

But it's not a pickle at all!

Source: Grandpa and Grandma's grammar class

We're out, but I got you a pickle.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 3

Next enjoy lots of fresh lobster, pickled herring, salmon and char.

Source: Travel around the world

Accompaniments included dices pickles and onions, ketchup, mustard, and sometimes mayonnaise.

Source: Perspective Encyclopedia of Gourmet Food

Glad we didn't share that pickle.

Source: Modern Family - Season 03

Don't put finger in pickles. - They're pickles. - They go soggy.

Source: Gourmet Base

You've already got one child here. - Oh, God! - Finger the pickles!

Source: Gourmet Base

I couldn't have any of these tasty treats, so I had a pickle.

Source: Listening Digest

No! You're gonna have to eat that pickle on your own, Jay.

Source: Modern Family - Season 03

Regardless of its status, few Koreans can imagine a meal without their traditional pickles.

Source: VOA Standard December 2015 Collection

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