pickle
noun
/ˈpɪkl̩/
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- The brine used for preserving food.
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Lake
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- (informal) A difficult situation; peril.
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Schlamassel,
Patsche,
Tinte
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- (chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
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Gewürzgurke,
Essiggurke,
Frechdachs,
eingelegte Gurke,
saure Gurke
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- (affectionate) A mildly mischievous loved one.
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Frechdachs
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- (uncountable) A children’s game with three participants that emulates a baseball rundown
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Neckball
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- (often, in the plural) Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.
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eingelegtes Gemüse
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pickle
verb
/ˈpɪkl̩/
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- (transitive, ergative) To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.
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pökeln,
einlegen
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- (transitive) To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.
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beizen
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pickling
noun
/ˈpɪk.lɪŋ/
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- A process by which the oxide scale on steel (especially stainless steels) or other metallic objects is chemically removed by strong acids.
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abbeizen
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