pulp
noun/pʌlp/
/pʌlp/
- [singular, uncountable] a soft wet substance that is made especially by pressing hard on something
- Cook the fruit gently until it forms a pulp.
- Mash the beans to a pulp.
- His face had been beaten to a pulp (= very badly beaten).
- Reduce the berries to a pulp.
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- [uncountable] a soft substance that is made by pressing hard on wood, cloth or other material that is mixed with water and chemicals, and that is then used to make paper
- paper/wood pulp
- [uncountable] the soft part inside some fruit and vegetables synonym flesh
- Scoop out the pulp and serve it with sugar.
- (especially in noun compounds) writing that is of poor quality but popular and often sensational
- a writer of pulp sci-fi
- [uncountable] (anatomy) the soft, sensitive tissue in the inside of a toothTopics Bodyc2
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the soft fleshy part of fruit): from Latin pulpa. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent.
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