pulp
verbEtymology From Middle English pulpe, from Latin pulpa.
1
Ambitransitive To make or be made into pulp.
2
Slang To beat to a pulp.
3
To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from.
- Derived terms
- pulpability, pulpable, pulper, repulp, unpulped
pulp
nounAU, UK /pʌlp/ · US /pʊlp/
Etymology From Middle English pulpe, from Latin pulpa.
8 senses
- 1A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water…
- 2A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).
- 3A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by…
- 4The soft center of a fruit.
- 5The soft center of a tooth.
- 6The underside of a human fingertip; a finger pad.
- 7The very soft tissue in the spleen.
- 8A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and…
› A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
1
Usually A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
2
Usually A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).
3
Usually A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation.
4
Usually The soft center of a fruit.
- 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.2024 September 6, Ceri Sullivan, “Shakespeare’s Will, Lambswool, and Puck’s Joke”, in Notes and Queries, volume 71, number 4, Oxford University Press, →DOI, page 406:
5
Usually The soft center of a tooth.
6
Usually The underside of a human fingertip; a finger pad.
7
Usually The very soft tissue in the spleen.
8
Figuratively, Usually A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.
- 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.1983, Gary Hoppenstand, Ray Broadus Browne, The Defective Detective in the Pulps, page 2:
- The fledgling comics business was a sweatshop trade for creative hopefuls too inexperienced, too socially ill-equipped, or, more often, too minimally talented for the established avenues of hackdom, the pulps and commercial art.2009, David Hajdu, Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture:
- Derived terms
28 terms
beat to a pulp, kraft pulp, pulpaceous, pulpal, pulpament, pulpboard, pulp cavity, pulp chamber, pulpectomy, pulp engine, pulp fiction, pulpification, pulpify, pulpily, pulpitis, pulpless, pulplike, pulp mill, pulpotomy, pulpous, pulpsmith, pulpwood, pulpy, red pulp, soda pulp, splenic pulp, wood-pulp, wood pulp- Hyponyms
- pomace