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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026pulp /pʌlp/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
- Botanythe soft, juicy part of a fruit that can be eaten.
- DentistryAlso called dental pulp. the inner substance of the tooth, containing arteries, veins, and nerve tissue.
- a soft, moist, slightly sticky mass, as that into which wood is converted in the making of paper.
- Journalisma magazine or book printed on low-quality paper and often containing shocking material.
v. [~] + [object]
- to cause to be made into pulp, as by crushing:to pulp oranges.
pulp•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026pulp
(pulp),USA pronunciation n.
- Botanythe soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
- Botanythe pith of the stem of a plant.
- Zoologya soft or fleshy part of an animal body.
- DentistryAlso called dental pulp. the inner substance of the tooth, containing arteries, veins, and lymphatic and nerve tissue that communicate with their respective vascular, lymph, and nerve systems. See diag. under tooth.
- any soft, moist, slightly cohering mass, as that into which linen, wood, etc., are converted in the making of paper.
- Printing, Journalism, Literaturea magazine or book printed on rough, low-quality paper made of wood pulp or rags, and usually containing sensational and lurid stories, articles, etc. Cf. slick 1 (def. 9).
- Mining
- Miningore pulverized and mixed with water.
- Miningdry crushed ore.
v.t.
- to reduce to pulp.
- Printingto reduce (printed papers, books, etc.) to pulp for use in making new paper.
- to remove the pulp from.
v.i.
- to become reduced to pulp.
- Latin pulpa flesh, pulp of fruit
- earlier pulpe 1555–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pulp /pʌlp/ n - soft or fleshy plant tissue, such as the succulent part of a fleshy fruit
- a moist mixture of cellulose fibres, as obtained from wood, from which paper is made
- a magazine or book containing trite or sensational material, and usually printed on cheap rough paper
- (as modifier): a pulp novel
- the soft innermost part of a tooth, containing nerves and blood vessels
- any soft soggy mass or substance
- pulverized ore, esp when mixed with water
vb - to reduce (a material or solid substance) to pulp or (of a material or solid substance) to be reduced to pulp
- (transitive) to remove the pulp from (fruit)
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin pulpa
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