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