About The Word Pulp
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Pulp
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What's The Definition Of Pulp?
[n] the soft inner part of a tooth
[n] an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper [n] any soft or soggy mass; "he pounded it to a pulp" [n] a soft moist part of a fruit [n] a mixture of cellulose fibers [v] reduce to pulp; "pulp fruit" [v] remove the pulp from, as from a fruit Synonyms | Synonyms for Pulp: flesh | mush | pulp magazine Related Terms | Find terms related to Pulp: See Also | bagasse | bray | cellulose | comminute | crunch | grind | mag | magazine | mash | mass | parenchyma | plant tissue | take out | tooth | vascular structure | wood pulp Pulp In Webster's Dictionary \Pulp\, n. [L. pulpa flesh, pith, pulp of fruit: cf. F.
pulpe.]
A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft,
undissolved animal or vegetable matter. Specifically:
(a) (Anat.) 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.
(b) (Bot.) The soft, succulent part of fruit; as, the pulp of
a grape.
(c) The exterior part of a coffee berry. --B. Edwards.
(d) The material of which paper is made when ground up and
suspended in water.
\Pulp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pulped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pulping}.] 1. To reduce to pulp. 2. To deprive of the pulp, or integument. The other mode is to pulp the coffee immediately as it comes from the tree. By a simple machine a man will pulp a bushel in a minute. --B. Edwards. |
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