pickle
1. vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
relish
• Hyponyms:
gherkin, caper, dill pickle, sweet pickle
2. informal terms for a difficult situation
- he got into a terrible fix
- he made a muddle of his marriage
• Syn:
fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, kettle of fish
• Hypernyms:
difficulty
• Hyponyms:
dog's breakfast, dog's dinner
preserve in a pickling liquid
• Topics:
cooking, cookery, preparation
• Hypernyms:
preserve, keep
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- The chefs pickle the vegetables
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