English Explanatory Dictionary

pulp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
  2. A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
  3. A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).
  4. A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation.
  5. The soft center of a fruit.
  6. The soft center of a tooth.
  7. The underside of a human fingertip; a finger pad.
  8. The very soft tissue in the spleen.
  9. A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.
verb
  1. To make or be made into pulp.
  2. To beat to a pulp.
  3. To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.

Pronunciation

/pʌlp/ En-au-pulp.ogg /pʊlp/

Word forms

pulp pulps pulping pulped more pulp most pulp

Etymology

From Middle English pulpe, from Latin pulpa.

Synonyms

flesh mash pomace fruitflesh palp pulpish pulpy

Derived words

beat to a pulp kraft pulp pulpaceous pulpal pulpament pulpboard pulp cavity pulp chamber pulpectomy pulp engine pulp fiction pulpification pulpify pulpily pulpitis pulpless pulplike pulp mill pulpotomy pulpous pulpsmith pulpwood pulpy red pulp soda pulp splenic pulp wood-pulp wood pulp pulpability pulpable pulper repulp unpulped

Translations

Bulgarian: каша Finnish: massa French: pulpe Friulian: polpe German: Brei Greek: πολτός Hindi: गूदा Hungarian: pép Hungarian: massza Irish: garr Italian: polpa Māori: puru Plautdietsch: Brie Portuguese: polpa Romanian: pulpă Russian: мя́коть Russian: пу́льпа Swahili: uji uji
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