pickle
pick|le /p'ɪkəl/ (pickles pickling pickled)
1 [N-PLURAL]
Pickles are vegetables or fruit, sometimes cut into pieces, which have been kept in vinegar or salt water for a long time so that they have a strong, sharp taste.
2 [N-MASS]
Pickle is a cold spicy sauce with pieces of vegetables and fruit in it.
...jars of pickle.
3 [VERB] V n
When you pickle food, you keep it in vinegar or salt water so that it does not go bad and it develops a strong, sharp taste.
Select your favourite fruit or veg and pickle them while they are still fresh...
● pickling [N-UNCOUNT] oft N n
Small pickling onions can be used instead of sliced ones.
1 [N-PLURAL]
Pickles are vegetables or fruit, sometimes cut into pieces, which have been kept in vinegar or salt water for a long time so that they have a strong, sharp taste.
2 [N-MASS]
Pickle is a cold spicy sauce with pieces of vegetables and fruit in it.
...jars of pickle.
3 [VERB] V n
When you pickle food, you keep it in vinegar or salt water so that it does not go bad and it develops a strong, sharp taste.
Select your favourite fruit or veg and pickle them while they are still fresh...
● pickling [N-UNCOUNT] oft N n
Small pickling onions can be used instead of sliced ones.