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The correct spelling is pickled.
How to pronounce pickled
verb
Say it like: Pik-led
The correct spelling is pickled. To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution. For example: "These cucumbers pickle very well."
Usage Examples
“These cucumbers pickle very well.”
“The crew will pickle the fittings in the morning.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.
- 2.To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.
- 3.(in the Python programming language) To serialize.
- 4.To pour brine over a person after flogging them, as a method of punishment.
- 5.To eat sparingly.
adjective
- 1.Preserved by pickling.
- 2.Drunk.
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