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pulp  (plp)

n.

1. A soft moist shapeless mass of matter.

2. The soft moist part of fruit.

3. A mass of pressed vegetable matter: apple pulp.

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

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

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

7. A mixture of crushed ore and water.

8. 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

Noun

1. a soft wet substance made from matter which has been crushed or beaten: mash the strawberries to a pulp

2. the soft fleshy part of a fruit or vegetable: halve the tomatoes then scoop the seeds and pulp into a bowl

3. printed or recorded material with little depth or designed to shock: pulp fiction, a tape player churned out disco pulp

Verb

to reduce a material to pulp: he began to pulp the orange in his fingers [Latin pulpa]

pulpy adj

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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

noun 2. flesh, meat, marrow, soft part

modifier 3. cheap, sensational, lurid, mushy (informal) trashy, rubbishy

verb 4. crush, squash, mash, pulverize

Translations

pulp [pʌlp] n [of fruit] → pulpa;

(for paper) → pasta;

(pej) (also: pulp magazines etc) → prensa amarilla;

to reduce sth to pulp → hacer algo papilla

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pulp [pʌlp] n [of fruit] → pulpe f;

(for paper) → pâte f à papier;

(pej) (also: pulp magazines etc) → presse f à sensation or de bas étage;

to reduce sth to (a) pulp → réduire qch en purée

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pulp [pʌlp] n [of fruit] → Fruchtfleisch nt;

(for paper) → (Papier)brei m;

(Liter) (pej) → Schund m

adj (pej) [magazine, novel] → Schund-;

to reduce sth to a pulp → etw zu Brei machen

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pulp [pʌlp] n [of fruit] → polpa;

(for paper) → pasta per carta (= magazines, books); stampa di qualità e di tono scadenti;

to reduce sth to pulp → spappolare qc