Definitions for pickles

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pickles pick·le

Spelling: [pik-uh l]

IPA: /ˈpɪk əl/

Pickles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 194 anagrams from letters in pickles (ceiklps).

Definitions for pickles

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.
8. a single grain or kernel, as of barley or corn.
9. a small amount; a little.

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 pickles

1400-50; late Middle English pikkyll, pekille Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pekel (> German Pökel) brine, pickle

Examples for pickles

East India pickle is very convenient, and will keep two years.

A pinch hitter named pickle Smith was announced for Jacksonville.

Our backyard had a baseball diamond and a “pickle” path worn into the lawn because of Frankie.

Chuck Strickler of Decatur, Michigan, found himself in a pickle right after September 11.

Boil them all together, so as to make a pickle that will bear up an egg.

You spice it with blues and skiffle music, and pickle it in alcohol and tobacco smoke.

Then make the pickle, which must be in proportion to the quantity of fish.

The last of October is a good time for putting meat into pickle.

But soon after I arrived in Washington, D.C., I was in a pickle.

The pickle also must be seasoned with the spices above-mentioned.