Noun: pulp púlp
- A soft moist part of a fruit
"The orange's pulp was sweet and juicy";
- flesh
- The soft inner part of a tooth
"The cavity had reached the pulp, causing severe pain"
- Any soft or soggy mass
"he pounded it to a pulp";
- mush
- A mixture of cellulose fibers
"The paper mill processed the wood pulp into sheets"
- An inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper
"He found a collection of vintage pulp magazines at the flea market";
- pulp magazine
- Reduce to pulp
"pulp fruit"; "pulp wood";
- mush
- Remove the pulp from, as from a fruit
"She pulped the oranges to make fresh juice"
Derived forms: pulps, pulping, pulped
Type of: bray [archaic], cellulose, comminute [rare], crunch, grind, mag [informal], magazine, mash, mass, plant tissue, take out, vascular structure
Part of: chopper [informal], tooth
Encyclopedia: Pulp, Wisconsin