pulp
verb/pʌlp/
/pʌlp/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pulp | /pʌlp/ /pʌlp/ |
| he / she / it pulps | /pʌlps/ /pʌlps/ |
| past simple pulped | /pʌlpt/ /pʌlpt/ |
| past participle pulped | /pʌlpt/ /pʌlpt/ |
| -ing form pulping | /ˈpʌlpɪŋ/ /ˈpʌlpɪŋ/ |
- pulp something to press hard on or beat something so that it becomes soft and wet
- Unsold copies of the novel had to be pulped.
- pulped fruit
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the soft fleshy part of fruit): from Latin pulpa. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent.Definitions on the go
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