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Pulp

//pʌlp// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.

    "The Nightwing annual had what felt like a very 'pulp-ish' plot, and the Superman annual was great, with a very pulp plot and a^([sic]) incredible Doc Savage tribute cover."

Noun
  1. 1
    A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.; A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    the soft inner part of a tooth wordnet
  3. 3
    A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.; A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose). uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper wordnet
  5. 5
    A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.; A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation. uncountable, usually
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  1. 6
    any soft or soggy mass wordnet
  2. 7
    A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.; The soft center of a fruit. uncountable, usually

    "These sources do not, however, state why the drink is called lambswool. The name comes from the way the apples are roasted until they split open, and their pulp froths over the skin; this is used to float on top of the bowl of drink."

  3. 8
    a soft moist part of a fruit wordnet
  4. 9
    A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.; The soft center of a tooth. uncountable, usually
  5. 10
    a mixture of cellulose fibers wordnet
  6. 11
    A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.; The underside of a human fingertip; a finger pad. uncountable, usually
  7. 12
    A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.; The very soft tissue in the spleen. uncountable, usually
  8. 13
    A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper. figuratively, uncountable, usually

    "The hard-hitting, action packed, thud and blunder adventure fantasy was a commodity during that somber decade: Americans paid money to forget their troubles, and the pulps were willing to sell."

Verb
  1. 1
    To make or be made into pulp. ambitransitive
  2. 2
    reduce to pulp wordnet
  3. 3
    To beat to a pulp. slang, transitive
  4. 4
    remove the pulp from, as from a fruit wordnet
  5. 5
    To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English pulpe, from Latin pulpa.

Etymology 2

From Middle English pulpe, from Latin pulpa.

Etymology 3

From Middle English pulpe, from Latin pulpa.

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