pickle

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  1. noun An edible product, such as a cucumber, that has been preserved and flavored in a solution of brine or vinegar.
  2. noun A solution of brine or vinegar, often spiced, for preserving and flavoring food.
  3. noun A chemical solution, such as an acid, that is used as a bath to remove scale and oxides from the surface of metals before plating or finishing.

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onion ·  stew ·  carrot ·  vinegar ·  fry ·  salad ·  mustard ·  butter ·  bacon ·  chop ·  lemon ·  biscuit

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pickle:   pickled ·  pickles
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  1. Middle English pikle, highly seasoned sauce, probably from Middle Dutch pekel, pickle, brine.

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  1. from Middle English *pikelen, in verbal noun *pykeling, pykelynge, cleansing, freq. of piken, pikken, pick: see pick. Cf. pickle.
  2. from pickle, v.
  3. from Middle English pikil, pykyl (Middle Latin reflex picula), also pigell = Dutch pekel = Middle Low German pekel, picket, Low German pekel, peckel, pickel, bickel, later G. pökel, bökel, pickle, brine; origin uncertain. The Gaelic Irish picil, pickle, is from English
  4. Formerly also pickel; = Dutch pekelen = Low German pekelen, pickle; from the noun.
  5. Also picle, pightle, pightel, pitle; origin obscure. Cf. pingle.
 

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