pickled

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adjective

Preserved by pickling.

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of pickle
adjectivepickled (comparative more pickled, superlative most pickled)

comparative more pickled · superlative most pickled

  1. Preserved by pickling.

    But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.

    1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax
  2. slangDrunk.

    Synonyms: drunk

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDrunk.

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More synonyms by meaning

adjective(used of foods) preserved in a pickling liquid

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Translations

Ancient Greek ταριχηρός, ὀξωτός
  • ταριχηρός (tarikhērós)preserved by pickling
  • ὀξωτός (oxōtós)preserved by pickling
Arabic مُخَلَّل, كَبِيس
  • مُخَلَّل (muḵallal)preserved by pickling
  • كَبِيس (kabīs)preserved by pickling
  • طُرْشِيّ (ṭuršiyy)preserved by pickling
Chinese Mandarin 醃漬的 /腌渍的
  • 醃漬的 /腌渍的 (yānzì de)preserved by pickling
Dutch gepekeld
  • gepekeldpreserved by pickling
Finnish liemeen säilötty
  • liemeen säilöttypreserved by pickling
German eingelegt
  • eingelegtpreserved by pickling
Italian sottaceto
  • sottacetopreserved by pickling
Japanese 漬けた
  • 漬けた (tsuketa)preserved by pickling
Latin muriaticus, horaeus
  • muriaticuspreserved by pickling
  • horaeuspreserved by pickling
Polish kiszony
  • kiszonypreserved by pickling
Russian солёный, марино́ванный
  • солёный (soljónyj)preserved by pickling
  • марино́ванный (marinóvannyj)preserved by pickling
Swedish inlagd
  • inlagdpreserved by pickling
Ukrainian соло́ний, марино́ваний
  • соло́ний (solónyj)preserved by pickling
  • марино́ваний (marynóvanyj)preserved by pickling
Welsh wedi'i biclo
  • wedi'i biclopreserved by pickling
Cite this entry
APA

pickled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pickled

MLA

“pickled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pickled. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pickled,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pickled.

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