pickle

¹pick·le

noun \ˈpi-kəl\

Definition of PICKLE

1

: a solution or bath for preserving or cleaning: as a : a brine or vinegar solution in which foods are preserved b : any of various baths used in industrial cleaning or processing

2

: a difficult situation : plight <could see no way out of the pickle I was in — R. L. Stevenson>

3

: an article of food that has been preserved in brine or in vinegar; specifically : a cucumber that has been so preserved

Origin of PICKLE

Middle English pykyl, pekill sauce, gravy, from or akin to Middle Dutch peeckel brine

First Known Use: 15th century

Other Food Terms

Reuben, calamari, chuck, curry, edamame, foie gras, hummus, leaven, nonpareil, peel

Rhymes with PICKLE

brickle, chicle, fickle, mickle, nickel, prickle, sickle, stickle, tical, tickle, trickle