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pulp  (plp)

n.

1. A soft moist shapeless mass of matter.

2.

a. The soft moist part of fruit.

b. Plant matter remaining after a process, such as the extraction of juice by pressure, has been completed.

3. The soft pith forming the contents of the stem of a plant.

4. A mixture of cellulose material, such as wood, paper, and rags, ground up and moistened to make paper.

5. The soft tissue forming the inner structure of a tooth and containing nerves and blood vessels.

6. A mixture of crushed ore and water.

7. A publication, such as a magazine or book, containing lurid subject matter.

v. pulped, pulp·ing, pulps

v.tr.

1. To reduce to pulp. See Synonyms at crush.

2. To remove the pulp from.

v.intr.

To be reduced to a pulpy consistency.

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[Middle English, from Latin pulpa, fleshy parts of the body, fruit pulp.]

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pulpi·ness n.

pulpous (plps), pulpy adj.

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pulp [pʌlp]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) soft or fleshy plant tissue, such as the succulent part of a fleshy fruit

2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a moist mixture of cellulose fibres, as obtained from wood, from which paper is made

3. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing)

a.  a magazine or book containing trite or sensational material, and usually printed on cheap rough paper

b.  (as modifier) a pulp novel

4. (Medicine / Dentistry) Dentistry the soft innermost part of a tooth, containing nerves and blood vessels

5. any soft soggy mass or substance

6. (Mining & Quarrying) Mining pulverized ore, esp when mixed with water

vb

1. to reduce (a material or solid substance) to pulp or (of a material or solid substance) to be reduced to pulp

2. (Cookery) (tr) to remove the pulp from (fruit)

[from Latin pulpa]

pulper  n

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pulp  (plp)

1. The soft tissue forming the inner structure of a tooth and containing nerves and blood vessels.

2. The soft moist part of a fruit, especially a drupe or pome.

3. The soft pith forming the contents of the stem of a plant.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pulp - any soft or soggy mass; "he pounded it to a pulp" mush mass - a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass"
	2.	pulp - a soft moist part of a fruit flesh plant tissue - the tissue of a plant parenchyma - the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems
	3.	pulp - a mixture of cellulose fibers bagasse - the dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants cellulose - a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers wood pulp - wood that has been ground to a pulp; used in making cellulose products (as rayon or paper)
	4.	pulp - an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper pulp magazine mag, magazine - a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it; "it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money"
	5.	pulp - the soft inner part of a tooth tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense vascular structure - a structure composed of or provided with blood vessels
Verb	1.	pulp - remove the pulp from, as from a fruit take out - remove something from a container or an enclosed space
	2.	pulp - reduce to pulp; "pulp fruit"; "pulp wood" comminute, bray, mash, crunch, grind - reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"

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pulp

noun

1. paste, mash, pap, mush, semisolid, pomace, semiliquid The olives are crushed to a pulp by stone rollers.

2. flesh, meat, marrow, soft part Use the whole fruit, including the pulp, which is high in fibre.

adjective

cheap, sensational, lurid, mushy (informal), trashy, rubbishy lurid '50s pulp fiction

verb

crush, squash, mash, pulverize Onions can be boiled and pulped to a puree.

Translations

pulp [pʌlp]

A. N

1. (= paper pulp, wood pulp) → pasta f, pulpa f; (for paper) → pulpa f de madera
to reduce sth to pulp → hacer algo papilla
a leg crushed to pulp (fig) → una pierna hecha trizas
to beat sb to a pulp (fig) → dar a algn una tremenda paliza, hacer a algn papilla

2. [of fruit, vegetable] → pulpa f

B. VT → reducir a pulpa

C. CPD pulp literature N → literatura f barata
pulp magazine N → revista f amarilla

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pulp [ˈpʌlp]

n

(= paste, crushed substance) → purée f
to crush sth to a pulp, to crush sth to pulp [+ food] → réduire qch en purée
to beat sb to a pulp → passer qn à tabac

(= flesh) [fruit, vegetable] → pulpe f

(for paper) → pâte f à papier

vt (= destroy) [+ paper, documents] → mettre au pilon

modif (pejorative) [novel, magazine] → à sensation

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pulp

n

(= soft mass, paper pulp, wood pulp) → Brei m; to reduce something to pulp → etw in Brei auflösen; wood etc (for paper) → etw zu einem Brei verarbeiten; to beat somebody to a pulp (inf) → jdn zu Brei schlagen (inf), → Matsch aus jdm machen (sl); crushed to (a) pulp → zu Brei zerquetscht

(of plant stem) → Mark nt; (of fruit, vegetable) → Fruchtfleisch nt; (of tooth) → Zahnmark nt, → Pulpa f (spec)

(pej: also pulp magazine) → Schundmagazin nt

vt fruit, vegetables → zerdrücken; paper, book → einstampfen; wood → zu Brei verarbeiten

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pulp [pʌlp]

1. n

a. (for paper) → pasta (di legno or stracci )
to reduce sth to pulp → spappolare qc

b. (of fruit, vegetable) → polpa

c. (fiction) → romanzi di qualità scadente

2. vt (fruit, vegetables) → spappolare; (paper, book) → mandare al macero

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pulp

n pulp [palp]

1 the soft, fleshy part of a fruit. vlees لُب месo на плод dužina kød das Fruchtfleisch σάρκα φρούτου pulpa viljaliha گوشت hedelmäliha pulpe צִיפָּה गूदा gyümölcspép daging buah aldinkjöt polpa 果肉 과육 minkštimas mīkstums isi vruchtvlees fruktkjøtt miąższ polpa pulpă мякоть dužina meso pulp fruktkött เนื้อผลไม้ etli kısım 果肉 м'якуш плоду گودا، مغز cùi trái cây 果肉

2 a soft mass of other matter, eg of wood etc from which paper is made wood-pulp. pulp عَجينَة الوَرَق дървесинна каша drť, dřevovina masse; -masse der Zellstoff πολτός pulpa, pasta (puidu)mass خمیر sellu pulpe עִיסָה गूदा मज्जा pép bubur kayu (trjá)kvoða polpa, pasta パルプ 펄프 masė, pulpa, tyrė pulpa; [] masa pulpa pulp (tre)masse miazga pasta pastă (de lemn) пульпа drvina pulpa kaša massa เนื้อไม้ kâğıt hamuru 紙漿 м'яка безформна маса کاغذ بنانے کا ماوا bột giấy 纸浆

v

to make into pulp The fruit was pulped and bottled. verpulp يُحَوِّل إلى عجينَه правя на каша oloupat a odpeckovat mose in Brei verwandeln πολτοποιώ reducir a pulpa, hacer pasta/pulpa pudrustama گوشت میوه را جدا کردن؛ خمیر کردن soseuttaa réduire en pulpe לַעֲשוֹת עִיסָה लुगदी बनाना pépesít menjadikan bubur merja (í mauk) spappolare, ridurre in polpa パルプ化する 과육을 제거하다 pertrinti pārstrādāt masā mengambil isi tot moes maken mose, knuse przecierać esmagar a transforma în pastă превращать в мякоть rozdrviť, rozomlieť zmehčati v kašo pretvoriti u kašu mosa, krossa ทำให้เป็นเนื้อ lâpa/hamur yapmak 把...製成漿 перетворювати на м'яку масу گودا نکالنا، گودا بنانا nghiền nhão; lấy phần ruột 把...制成浆

adj pulpy

of or like pulp. pulpagtig لُبّي، شبيه باللُب кашкав dužnatý moset breiig πολτώδης pulposo pudrutaoline خمیری puromainen pulpeux צִיפָּתִי गूदेदार pépszerű seperti bubur maukkenndur polposo パルプ状の 펄프의, 과육질의 minkštas, tirštas mīksts; gaļīgs spt pulpa pulpachtig kjøttfull, grøtaktig papkowaty polposo cărnos мясистый; сочный dužinatý kašast nalik pulpu lös, mjuk, mosig เหมือนเนื้อไม้อ่อน etli 漿狀的 м'який; м'ясистий گدارا، گودے سے متعلق mềm nhão; có nhiều ruột 浆状的