Definition of pulp Pulp

/pʌˈlp/ - [pulp] - pulp

We found 28 definitions of pulp from 6 different sources.

What does pulp mean?

Noun Plural: pulps
pulp - any soft or soggy mass; "he pounded it to a pulp"
		mush
		mass (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
pulp - a soft moist part of a fruit
		flesh
		plant tissue the tissue of a plant
pulp - a mixture of cellulose fibers
		cellulose a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers
		bagasse the dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants
pulp - the soft inner part of a tooth
		vascular structure a structure composed of or provided with blood vessels
pulp - an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper
		pulp magazine
Verb pulps, pulping, pulped
pulp - reduce to pulp; "pulp fruit"; "pulp wood"
		comminute, bray, mash, crunch, grind laugh loudly and harshly
pulp - remove the pulp from, as from a fruit
		take out buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"

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pulp (Noun)
A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
pulp (Noun)
A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and being characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.
pulp (Noun)
The soft center of a fruit.
pulp (Noun)
The soft center of a tooth.
pulp (Noun)
A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
pulp (Noun)
Mass of chemically processed wood fibres cellulose.
pulp (Verb)
To make, or be made into pulp.
pulp (Verb)
To beat to a pulp .

pulp (n.)
A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter.
pulp (n.)
A tissue or part resembling pulp; especially, the soft, highly vascular and sensitive tissue which fills the central cavity, called the pulp cavity, of teeth.
pulp (n.)
The soft, succulent part of fruit; as, the pulp of a grape.
pulp (n.)
The exterior part of a coffee berry.
pulp (n.)
The material of which paper is made when ground up and suspended in water.
pulp (v. t.)
To reduce to pulp.
pulp (v. t.)
To deprive of the pulp, or integument.

pulp
A soft and moist mass of material usually obtained by pressing or beating a relatively hard object. It is mostly used about vegetable matter.
pulp
The soft center of a tooth, where blood vessels and nerve endings are located.
pulp
The soft and moist interior of a fruit.
pulp
The edible inner of fruit, as opposed to that of animals, fish or nuts.

pulp
pulp, n. the soft fleshy part of bodies, e.g. of teeth: marrow: the soft part of plants, esp. of fruits: any soft mass: the soft mass obtained from the breaking and grinding of rags, &c., before it is hardened into paper.—v.t. to reduce to pulp: to deprive of pulp: to separate the pulp.—v.i. to become ripe or juicy, like the pulp of fruit.—ns. Pulp′-en′gine, a machine for converting rags, &c., into pulp; Pulp′ifier, an apparatus for reducing fresh meat to a jelly-like pulp, to aid digestion.—v.t. Pulp′ify, to make into pulp. [Fr. pulpe—L. pulpa, flesh without bones.]

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