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Noun pickle has 2 senses
  1. pickle - vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar
    --1 is a kind of     relish
    --1 has particulars: gherkin; caper; dill pickle; sweet pickle
    Derived form: verb pickle1
  2. fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish - informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
    --2 is a kind of difficulty
    --2 has particulars: dog's breakfast, dog's dinner
,Verb pickle has 1 sense
  1. pickle - preserve in a pickling liquid
    --1 is one way to     preserve, keep
    Derived form: noun pickle1
    Sample sentence:
    The chefs pickle the vegetables
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