Meaning of PULP
Pronunciation: | | pulp
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- [n] the soft inner part of a tooth
- [n] an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper
- [n] any soft or soggy mass; "he pounded it to a pulp"
- [n] a soft moist part of a fruit
- [n] a mixture of cellulose fibers
- [v] reduce to pulp; "pulp fruit"
- [v] remove the pulp from, as from a fruit
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| Synonyms: | | flesh, mush, pulp magazine |
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| See Also: | | bagasse, bray, cellulose, comminute, crunch, grind, mag, magazine, mash, mass, parenchyma, plant tissue, take out, tooth, vascular structure, wood pulp | |
Products Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | Pulp Nick Belane, a private detective, becomes involved in an unusual case when a mysterious client, who calls herself Lady Death, asks him to find the real Celine more details ... |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Pulp\, n. [L. pulpa flesh, pith, pulp of fruit: cf. F.
pulpe.]
A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft,
undissolved animal or vegetable matter. Specifically:
(a) (Anat.) A tissue or part resembling pulp; especially, the
soft, highly vascular and sensitive tissue which fills
the central cavity, called the pulp cavity, of teeth.
(b) (Bot.) The soft, succulent part of fruit; as, the pulp of
a grape.
(c) The exterior part of a coffee berry. --B. Edwards.
(d) The material of which paper is made when ground up and
suspended in water.
\Pulp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pulped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pulping}.]
1. To reduce to pulp.
2. To deprive of the pulp, or integument.
The other mode is to pulp the coffee immediately as
it comes from the tree. By a simple machine a man
will pulp a bushel in a minute. --B. Edwards.
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