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Pulp

Pulp Meaning & Definition
Pulp Definition And Meaning

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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