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Noun: pulp  púlp
  1. A soft moist part of a fruit
    "The orange's pulp was sweet and juicy";
    - flesh
     
  2. The soft inner part of a tooth
    "The cavity had reached the pulp, causing severe pain"
     
  3. Any soft or soggy mass
    "he pounded it to a pulp";
    - mush
     
  4. A mixture of cellulose fibers
    "The paper mill processed the wood pulp into sheets"
     
  5. An inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper
    "He found a collection of vintage pulp magazines at the flea market";
    - pulp magazine
Verb: pulp  púlp
  1. Reduce to pulp
    "pulp fruit"; "pulp wood";
    - mush
     
  2. 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