PULP

pulp

(noun) the soft inner part of a tooth

pulp, pulp magazine

(noun) an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper

pulp, mush

(noun) any soft or soggy mass; “he pounded it to a pulp”

pulp, flesh

(noun) a soft moist part of a fruit

pulp

(noun) a mixture of cellulose fibers

pulp

(verb) reduce to pulp; “pulp fruit”; “pulp wood”

pulp

(verb) remove the pulp from, as from a fruit

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pulp (usually uncountable, plural pulps)

A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.

A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.

A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).

A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation.

The soft center of a fruit.

The soft center of a tooth.

The very soft tissue in the spleen.

A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.

Verb

pulp (third-person singular simple present pulps, present participle pulping, simple past and past participle pulped)

(ambitransitive) To make or be made into pulp.

(transitive, slang) To beat to a pulp.

(transitive) To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from.

Adjective

pulp (comparative more pulp, superlative most pulp)

(fiction) Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.

Synonyms

• pulpish, pulpy

Source: Wiktionary


Pulp, n. Etym: [L. pulpa flesh, pith, pulp of fruit: cf. F. pulpe.]

Definition: A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter. Specifically: (a) (Anat.) A tissue or part resembling pulp; especially, the soft, highly vascular and sensitive tissue which fills the central cavity, called the pulp cavity, of teeth. (b) (Bot.) The soft, succulent part of fruit; as, the pulp of a grape. (c) The exterior part of a coffee berry. B. Edwards. (d) The material of which paper is made when ground up and suspended in water.

Pulp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pulped; p. pr. & vb. n. Pulping.]

1. To reduce to pulp.

2. To deprive of the pulp, or integument. The other mode is to pulp the coffee immediately as it comes from the tree. By a simple machine a man will pulp a bushel in a minute. B. Edwards.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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