PICKLE

[noun] - vegetables or fruit which have been preserved in a vinegar sauce or salty watera jar of pickle [U]cheese and pickle sandwichesThe smoked ham was served with pickles, celery and thin slices of red pepper. [C]Mango pickle is a type of sweet pickle (= with sugar added). [U](US) A pickle is a preserved cucumber.a sweet/sour pickle [C]dill pickles [C]pickle spears (= pickles cut along their length into quarters)The sandwiches here come with coleslaw and half a pickle. [C](informal) If you are in a (pretty/right) pickle you are in a difficult situation.Julie landed herself in a right pickle when she lost her address book.