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pulpy

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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.

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

pulpi·ness n.
pulpous (plps), pulpy adj.

pulpy [ˈpʌlpɪ]
adj pulpier, pulpiest
having a soft or soggy consistency
pulpily  adv
pulpiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.pulpy - like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness
nonwoody - not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood

pulpy
adjective soft, succulent, fleshy, mushy, squashy, pappy The chutney should have a thick, pulpy consistency.
Translations
pulpy [ˈpʌlpɪ] ADJ
1.pulposo
2. [literature] → para tirar, de bajísima calidad
pulpy
adj (+er)
breiig
(inf: = trashy) booktrivial, billig; newspaperbillig, minderwertig; pulpy magazineSchundmagazin nt, → Schundblatt nt


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It is a solemn thought,--and the finest poem that was ever written came out of a grey pulpy mass such as we make brain sauce of.
A vast pulpy mass, furlongs in length and breadth, of a glancing cream-color, lay floating on the water, innumerable long arms radiating from its centre, and curling and twisting like a nest of anacondas, as if blindly to clutch at any hapless object within reach.
This species of snake is not poisonous, and kills its prey by crushing it to death, making it into a pulpy mass, with scarcely a bone left unbroken, after which it swallows its meal.
 
 
 
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