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pulp
(pŭlp)n.
1. A soft moist shapeless mass of matter.
2.
a. The soft moist part of fruit.
b. Plant matter remaining after a process, such as the extraction of juice by pressure, has been completed: apple pulp.
3. The soft pith forming the contents of the stem of a plant.
4. A mixture of cellulose material, such as wood, paper, and rags, ground up and moistened to make paper.
5. The soft tissue forming the inner structure of a tooth and containing nerves and blood vessels.
6. A mixture of crushed ore and water.
7.
a. A publication, such as a magazine or book, containing lurid subject matter: "The pulps took the mystery story out of the parlors ... and onto the 'mean streets'" (Tony Hillerman).
b. Lurid or sensational writing or subject matter: made a good living writing pulp.
v. pulped, pulp·ing, pulps
v.tr.
1. To reduce to pulp.
2. To remove the pulp from (coffee berries).
v.intr.
To be reduced to a pulpy consistency.
[Middle English, from Latin pulpa, fleshy parts of the body, fruit pulp.]
pulp′i·ness n.
pulp′ous (pŭl′pəs), pulp′y adj.
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pulp
(pʌlp)n
1. (Botany) soft or fleshy plant tissue, such as the succulent part of a fleshy fruit
2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a moist mixture of cellulose fibres, as obtained from wood, from which paper is made
3. (Journalism & Publishing)
a. a magazine or book containing trite or sensational material, and usually printed on cheap rough paper
b. (as modifier): a pulp novel.
4. (Dentistry) dentistry the soft innermost part of a tooth, containing nerves and blood vessels
5. any soft soggy mass or substance
6. (Mining & Quarrying) mining pulverized ore, esp when mixed with water
vb
7. to reduce (a material or solid substance) to pulp or (of a material or solid substance) to be reduced to pulp
8. (Cookery) (tr) to remove the pulp from (fruit)
[C16: from Latin pulpa]
ˈpulper n
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pulp
(pʌlp)n.
1. the soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
2. the pith of the stem of a plant.
3. Also called dental pulp. the inner substance of the tooth, containing arteries, veins, and lymphatic and nerve tissue.
4. any soft, moist, slightly cohering mass, as that into which linen, wood, etc., are converted in the making of paper.
5. a magazine or book printed on low-quality paper, usu. containing lurid material.
6. ore pulverized and mixed with water.
v.t. 7. to reduce to pulp.
8. to remove the pulp from.
v.i. 9. to become reduced to pulp.
[1555–65; earlier pulpe < Latin pulpa flesh, pulp of fruit]
pulp′i•ness, n.
pulp′y, adj. pulp•i•er, pulp•i•est.
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pulp
Past participle: pulped
Gerund: pulping
| Imperative |
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| pulp |
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
pulp
1. To reduce food to a soft mass by boiling or crushing.
2. The fleshy tissue of fruits and vegetables.
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| Noun | 1. |  pulp - any soft or soggy mass; "he pounded it to a pulp"mass - a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass" |
| 2. | pulp - a soft moist part of a fruit plant tissue - the tissue of a plant parenchyma - the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems | |
| 3. | pulp - a mixture of cellulose fibers bagasse - the dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants cellulose - a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers wood pulp - wood that has been ground to a pulp; used in making cellulose products (as rayon or paper) | |
| 4. | pulp - an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper | |
| 5. | pulp - the soft inner part of a tooth tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense vascular structure - a structure composed of or provided with blood vessels | |
| Verb | 1. | pulp - remove the pulp from, as from a fruit take out - remove something from a container or an enclosed space |
| 2. | pulp - reduce to pulp; "pulp fruit"; "pulp wood" |
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pulp
noun
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
pulp
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Translations
عَجينَة الوَرَقلُبيُحَوِّل إلى عجينَه
dřeňdřevovinadrťdužinaoloupat a odpeckovat
=-massekødmassemose
hedelmälihamassaselluselluloosa
gyümölcspéppépesít
aldinkjötkvoîamerja
masėminkštaspulpatyrė
koksnes masamīkstumspārstrādāt masāpulpa
drvinarozomlieť
etli kısımkâğıt hamurulâpa/hamur yapmak
pulp
[pʌlp]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
pulp
[ˈpʌlp] n
(= paste, crushed substance) → purée f
to crush sth to a pulp, to crush sth to pulp [+ food] → réduire qch en purée
to beat sb to a pulp → passer qn à tabac
to crush sth to a pulp, to crush sth to pulp [+ food] → réduire qch en purée
to beat sb to a pulp → passer qn à tabac
(= flesh) [fruit, vegetable] → pulpe f
modif (pejorative) [novel, magazine] → à sensation
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
pulp
n
(= soft mass, paper pulp, wood pulp) → Brei m; to reduce something to pulp → etw in Brei auflösen; wood etc (for paper) → etw zu einem Brei verarbeiten; to beat somebody to a pulp (inf) → jdn zu Brei schlagen (inf), → Matsch aus jdm machen (sl); crushed to (a) pulp → zu Brei zerquetscht
(of plant stem) → Mark nt; (of fruit, vegetable) → Fruchtfleisch nt; (of tooth) → Zahnmark nt, → Pulpa f (spec)
(pej: also pulp magazine) → Schundmagazin nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
pulp
[pʌlp]1. n
b. (of fruit, vegetable) → polpa
2. vt (fruit, vegetables) → spappolare; (paper, book) → mandare al macero
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
pulp
(palp) noun1. the soft, fleshy part of a fruit.
2. a soft mass of other matter, eg of wood etc from which paper is made. wood-pulp.
verb to make into pulp. The fruit was pulped and bottled.
ˈpulpy adjective of or like pulp.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
pulp
n. pulpa.
parte blanda de un órgano;
quimo;
pulpa dental, parte central blanda de un diente.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
pulp
n (dent) pulpaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.