Definitions for pickled

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pickled pick·led

Spelling: [pik-uh ld]

IPA: /ˈpɪk əld/

Pickled is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 152 anagrams from letters in pickled (cdeiklp).

Definitions for pickled

noun

1. a cucumber that has been preserved in brine, vinegar, or the like.
2. Often, pickles. any other vegetable, as cauliflower, celery, etc., preserved in vinegar and eaten as a relish.
3. something preserved in a brine or marinade.
4. a liquid usually prepared with salt or vinegar for preserving or flavoring fish, meat, vegetables, etc.; brine or marinade.
5. Metallurgy. an acid or other chemical solution in which metal objects are dipped to remove oxide scale or other adhering substances.
6. Informal. a troublesome or awkward situation; predicament:
7. Informal. a sour, disagreeable person.

adjective

1. preserved or steeped in brine or other liquid.
2. Slang. drunk; intoxicated.
3. (of wood) given an antique appearance by applying and partly removing paint or by bleaching.

verb (used with object)

1. to preserve or steep in brine or other liquid.
2. to treat with a chemical solution, as for the purpose of cleaning.
3. to give a pale, streaked finish to (wood) by applying and partly removing paint or by bleaching, as to give an appearance of age.
4. Slang. to store; prepare for long-range storage:

Origin of pickled

First recorded in 1545-55; pickle¹ + -ed²

Examples for pickled

pickled ramps are possibly the best-known preparation and are best served with roasted meats, fish, or pasta.

It features a pickled herring wrapped around pickled cucumbers and onions, and sometimes includes a beer.

Some garlic sauce, fresh and pickled veggies and maybe even some hots.

Thicken it with the pickled nasturtians and send it to table in a boat.

From ceviche marinade to pickled sheep eyeballs to ground rhino horns, here are the craziest hangover cures from around the globe.

If this water was salt we'd be as snug as a couple of pickled mackerel.

Mongolians bravely swallow a glass of pickled sheep eyeballs mixed into tomato juice to chase away their morning-after blues.

He discovered her quaintly with a jar of pickled frogs in her hand.

Fill a stewpan with large flap mushrooms, that are not worm-eaten, and the skins and fringe of such as have been pickled.

Then why does your face look like a huge piece of pickled beef?