pulp

noun

A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.

A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.

The soft center of a fruit.

A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).

(figurative) A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.

The underside of a human fingertip; a finger pad.

The soft center of a tooth.

The very soft tissue in the spleen.

A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation.

verb

(ambitransitive) To make or be made into pulp.

(transitive, slang) To beat to a pulp.

(transitive) To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from.

adjective

(fiction) Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.

Roots

pulpapulp- · Latin · flesh, pulp

Synonyms for pulp

pulpwoodn fleshn mushn pureen pithn

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