Pulp - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |pʌlp|  American pronunciation of the word pulp
Brit.  |pʌlp|  British pronunciation of the word pulp

noun

- any soft or soggy mass (syn: mush)
he pounded it to a pulp
- a soft moist part of a fruit (syn: flesh)
- a mixture of cellulose fibers
- an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper
- the soft inner part of a tooth

verb

- remove the pulp from, as from a fruit
- reduce to pulp
pulp fruit
pulp wood

Extra examples

The fruit has sweet, juicy pulp and hard, black seeds.

I like to strain the pulp out of my orange juice.

The grain was mashed into pulp.

The boxes will be turned back into pulp and be made into newspapers.

This paper is made from inexpensive wood pulp.

He made a little extra money by writing stories for a science fiction pulp.

...pulped three oranges to get their juice...

Mash the bananas to a pulp.

Halve the melon and scoop out the pulp.

Cook slowly until soft and pulpy.

His body was pulped by the impact of the train.

Unsold novels are sent to be pulped.

...a serious writer prostituting himself by writing pulp novels for money...

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: pulp
he/she/it: pulps
present participle: pulping
past tense: pulped
past participle: pulped
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