1. a cucumber or other vegetable preserved in vinegar or brine
2. a difficult or unpleasant situation
Usage: informal

1. to preserve food in vinegar or brine

Examples

• She added pickles to her hamburger.
• The jar contained dill pickles and onions.
• We’re in quite a pickle with this broken car.
• This situation has put us in a real pickle.
• They pickle vegetables from their garden every fall.
• My grandmother taught me how to pickle cucumbers.
• The restaurant pickles its own cabbage for coleslaw.