vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar
"She added a few spicy pickles to her sandwich for extra crunch."
A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
"The chef carefully measured each pickle of sea salt before mixing it into the brine to ensure even seasoning throughout the cucumbers."
A kernel; a grain (of salt, sugar, etc.)
preserve in a pickling liquid
"She decided to pickle the cucumbers for her summer sandwich spread."
To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.
"I decided to just pickle a few olives before leaving for the party so I wouldn't get too full."
To eat sparingly.
A surname.
"When I told my friend that Uncle Pickle was coming to dinner, he laughed and asked if we were going to eat him as a snack."