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pulp

1 of 2

noun

1
a(1)
: the soft, succulent part of a fruit usually composed of mesocarp
(2)
: stem pith when soft and spongy
b
: a soft mass of vegetable matter (as of apples) from which most of the water has been extracted by pressure
c
: the soft sensitive tissue that fills the central cavity of a tooth see tooth illustration
d
: a material prepared by chemical or mechanical means from various materials (such as wood or rags) for use in making paper and cellulose products
2
: pulverized ore mixed with water
3
a
: pulpy condition or character
b
: something in such a condition or having such a character
4
: a magazine or book printed on cheap paper (such as newsprint) and often dealing with sensational material
also : sensational or tabloid writing
often used attributively
pulp fiction

pulp

2 of 2

verb

pulped; pulping; pulps

transitive verb

1
: to reduce to pulp
pulped unsold copies of the book
2
: to cause to appear pulpy
3
: to deprive of the pulp

intransitive verb

: to become pulp or pulpy
pulper noun

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Noun The fruit has sweet, juicy pulp and hard, black seeds. the pulp of an orange I like to strain the pulp out of my orange juice. The grain was mashed into pulp. The boxes will be turned back into pulp and be made into newspapers. This paper is made from inexpensive wood pulp. He made a little extra money by writing stories for a science fiction pulp. Verb pulped three oranges to get their juice See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Cut a hole in the bottom of a medium-size blue Hubbard squash; scoop out the pulp and seeds. Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 7 Sep. 2022 The fruit created havoc as early morning drivers squashed the tomatoes into a dirty pulp. Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 31 Aug. 2022 Dyed and glossy cards typically can’t be broken down into environmentally friendly pulp. Christina Wyman, Washington Post, 12 July 2022 Pao took rice stalks from plants edited with CRISPR and ground the fibers into pulp. David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2022 And del Toro, a master of exquisite carnage (no other filmmaker smashes faces into pulp more lovingly), here pushes an already dark vision to still darker extremes. Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2022 Now Axel Grell has left Sennheiser to set up his own company with the sole aim of producing a pair of true wireless earbuds that have active noise cancelation that can deliver audiophile-quality sound that aims to beat the competition into pulp. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022 The wood is transported to mills, where it is dissolved into pulp and spun into a breathable fabric that has become ubiquitous across the U.S.: viscose rayon. NBC News, 11 Dec. 2021 And the Law of the Reliable B-Movie Director, which declares that in the hands of someone without a discernible voice but who still knows how to hug the narrative curves, a simplistic slab of pulp can become transcendental. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2022
Verb
The tool wipes away pulp from the inside, outside and bottom of the cutting blade in one swipe, while protecting your fingers. Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 7 July 2022 In the eighteen-sixties, a tiny aphid-like bug called phylloxera migrated from California to Europe, nearly pulping the French wine industry; in the nineteen-fifties, Panama disease eradicated the world’s favorite variety of banana, the Gros Michel. Kate Brown, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2020 Condé Nast personally fired him, and Vogue pulped all 130,000 copies. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 14 Mar. 2020 Approximately 70 million tons of this stuff is pulped every year, but most of it is burned for fuel. Troy Farah, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2020 His analysis of Trump’s victory is a useful corrective to accounts blaming racists, sexists and plutocrats to the exclusion of millions who simply wanted to blow up the giant dream-pulping machine of American politics. Trygve Throntveit, Washington Post, 14 June 2019 Pieces of timber too small to process as logs—including offcuts and thinnings from the forest—are chipped and pulped to make paper. The Economist, 17 Oct. 2019 The standard method for recycling cotton involves mechanically pulping it to break it down into raw material that can be reused. Marc Bain, Quartzy, 16 Aug. 2019 In some areas, there is hardly any margin for the imperfect pines that are pulped for paper and particleboard. Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English pulpe, from Latin pulpa flesh, pulp

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Verb

1683, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of pulp was in the 14th century

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