Pulp definition

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A soft moist shapeless mass of matter.
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A mixture of cellulose material, such as wood, paper, and rags, ground up and moistened to make paper.
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The soft pith forming the contents of the stem of a plant.
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The soft tissue forming the inner structure of a tooth and containing nerves and blood vessels.
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To reduce to pulp.
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The soft moist part of a fruit, especially a drupe or pome.
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The definition of pulp is relating to a book or magazine printed on cheap paper.

An example of something pulp is a tabloid; a pulp newspaper.

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Pulp is defined as to remove the soft mass, particularly from inside a fruit, plant or tooth.

An example of pulp is to take the insides out of an orange.

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Pulp is the soft part of a fruit, or another soft mass.

An example of pulp are the soft chunks found in orange juice.

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A mixture of crushed ore and water.
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The soft moist part of fruit.
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Plant matter remaining after a process, such as the extraction of juice by pressure, has been completed.

Apple pulp.

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A publication, such as a magazine or book, containing lurid subject matter.
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Lurid or sensational writing or subject matter.

Made a good living writing pulp.

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To remove the pulp from (coffee berries).
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To be reduced to a pulpy consistency.
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A soft, moist, formless mass that sticks together.
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The soft, juicy part of a fruit.
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The pith inside the stem of a plant.
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The soft, sensitive tissue in the center of a tooth, including blood vessels, nerves, etc.
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A mixture of ground-up, moistened cellulose material, as wood, linen, rags, etc., from which paper is made.
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Ore ground to a powder and mixed with water.
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A magazine printed on rough, inferior paper stock made from wood pulp and traditionally characterized by sensational stories of love, crime, etc.
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Of or characteristic of pulp magazines.

Pulp fiction.

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To reduce to pulp.
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To remove the pulp from.
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To become pulp.
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The soft tissue forming the inner structure of a tooth and containing nerves and blood vessels.
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The soft tissue forming the inner structure of a tooth and containing nerves and blood vessels.
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The soft pith forming the contents of the stem of a plant.
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A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and being characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.
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The soft center of a fruit.
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The soft center of a tooth.
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A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
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Mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).
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To make, or be made into pulp.
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To beat to a pulp.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
pulp
Plural:
pulps

Origin of pulp

  • Middle English from Latin pulpa fleshy parts of the body, fruit pulp

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin pulpa.

    From Wiktionary

Pulp Sentence Examples

  • Varieties occur with yellow and reddish pulp; and there are also pear-shaped varieties.

  • The pulp is much esteemed in the West Indies and is eaten as a salad, usually with the addition of pepper, salt and vinegar.

  • He hacked him apart until there was nothing but pulp.

  • The pulp is of the nature of an aril, that is, an additional seed-coat.

  • Among manufactures are iron and steel, tin and terne plate, glass, paper and wood pulp, and pottery.

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