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The correct spelling is pickled.

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verb

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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. 1.To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.
  2. 2.To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.
  3. 3.(in the Python programming language) To serialize.
  4. 4.To pour brine over a person after flogging them, as a method of punishment.
  5. 5.To eat sparingly.

adjective

  1. 1.Preserved by pickling.
  2. 2.Drunk.

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