pickle
noun
/ˈpɪkl̩/
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- (informal) A difficult situation; peril.
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guaio,
pasticcio
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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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cetriolino,
birichino,
cetriolino sottaceto,
cetriolo sottaceto,
diavoletto
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- (affectionate) A mildly mischievous loved one.
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birichino,
diavoletto
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cetriolo,
pisello
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- (metalworking) A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale, rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their colour.
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decapaggio
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- The brine used for preserving food.
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salamoia
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- (often, in the plural) Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.
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sottaceti
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sottaceto
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pickle
verb
/ˈpɪkl̩/
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- (transitive) To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.
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decapaggio
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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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decapaggio
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