picklenoun
uk/ˈpɪk.əl/us/ˈpɪk.əl/[ C or U ] vegetables or fruit that have been preserved in a vinegar sauce or salty water:
cheese and pickle sandwiches
Have some pickles with your sandwich.
[ C ] US a cucumber that has been preserved in vinegar or salty water, or slices of this:
a sweet/sour pickle
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Sauces, dressings, dips & pickles
- aioli
- apple sauce
- applesauce
- arrowroot
- aspic
- custard powder
- Dijon mustard
- French dressing
- garnish
- gravy
- mustard
- pesto
- piccalilli
- purée
- ragù
- tartar sauce
- tomato ketchup
- topping
- vinaigrette
- vinegar
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Idiom(s)
be in a (pretty/right) pickle
pickleverb [ T ]
uk/ˈpɪk.əl/us/ˈpɪk.əl/to preserve vegetables or fruit in a vinegar sauce or salty water:
The onions had been pickled in brine.
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Preserving & storing food
- bin
- bread basket
- bread bin
- brine
- caddy
- defrost
- dried
- foil
- food technology
- freeze
- freeze-dry
- frozen
- glacé
- preserve
- reconstitute
- refrigerate
- saltpetre
- souse
- soused
- vacuum-packed
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pickling
adjective [ before noun ] uk/ˈpɪk.əl.ɪŋ/us/ˈpɪk.əl.ɪŋ/
pickling onions (= small onions of a type that are kept in vinegar)
pickling spices (= used to give extra flavour to preserved vegetables)