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The correct spelling is pickles.
How to pronounce pickles
noun
IPA: /ˈpɪkəlz/
Say it like: Pik-les
The correct spelling is pickles. A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup. For example: "A pickle goes well with a hamburger."
Usage Examples
“A pickle goes well with a hamburger.”
“This tub is filled with the pickle that we will put the small cucumbers into.”
“The climber found himself in a pickle when one of the rocks broke off.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
- 2.(often in the plural) Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.
- 3.The brine used for preserving food.
- 4.A difficult situation; peril.
- 5.A mildly mischievous loved one.
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.
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