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pulp

UK/pʊlp/ US/pʌlp/ fairly common slang
noun (5) verb (2)

noun

1.

any soft or soggy mass

  • “he pounded it to a pulp”
Synonyms
2.

a soft moist part of a fruit

Synonyms
3.

a mixture of cellulose fibers

4.
5.

the soft inner part of a tooth

verb

1.

remove the pulp from, as from a fruit

2.

reduce to pulp

  • “pulp fruit”
  • “pulp wood”

Origin

From Middle English pulpe, from Latin pulpa.

Phrases

  • beat to a pulp terms derived from pulp (noun)
  • kraft pulp terms derived from pulp (noun)
  • pulp cavity terms derived from pulp (noun)
  • pulp chamber terms derived from pulp (noun)
  • pulp engine terms derived from pulp (noun)
  • pulp fiction terms derived from pulp (noun)
  • pulp mill terms derived from pulp (noun)
  • red pulp terms derived from pulp (noun)

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