pulp

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noun

ˈpəlp

Synonyms of pulp next

a(1)

: the soft, succulent part of a fruit usually composed of mesocarp

(2)

: stem pith when soft and spongy

: a soft mass of vegetable matter (as of apples) from which most of the water has been extracted by pressure

: the soft sensitive tissue that fills the central cavity of a tooth see tooth illustration

: a material prepared by chemical or mechanical means from various materials (such as wood or rags) for use in making paper and cellulose products

: pulverized ore mixed with water

: pulpy condition or character

: something in such a condition or having such a character

: a magazine or book printed on cheap paper (such as newsprint) and often dealing with sensational material

also : sensational or tabloid writing

—often used attributively

pulp fiction

pulp

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verb

pulped; pulping; pulps

transitive verb

: to reduce to pulp

pulped unsold copies of the book

: to cause to appear pulpy

: to deprive of the pulp

intransitive verb

: to become pulp or pulpy

pulper noun

Example Sentences

Noun The fruit has sweet, juicy pulp and hard, black seeds. the pulp of an orange 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. Verb pulped three oranges to get their juice See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

At the Bowenpally market, unsold vegetables are shredded into a pulp and passed into an anaerobic digester, where bacteria eat up the waste and emit methane and carbon dioxide gasses. —

Kavitha Yarlagadda, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2022 Meanwhile, solana, which had been beaten to a pulp this year, rallied a whopping 28.7% in the past week. —

Dan Runkevicius, Forbes, 22 June 2022 Tofu is made from soybeans which are soaked with water and then ground down to a cooked pulp. —

Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 22 June 2022 Still stretchy, soft, and breathable, Reprise Aspen leggings are made of fibers derived from the pulp of trees, not polyester (a kind of plastic). —

Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 12 Dec. 2022 The Naked Fiber organic powder is made from only the best baobab pulp. —

Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2022 Fermentation occurs when cooked agaves are mashed to a pulp and combined with water and yeast. —

Oj Lima, Bon Appétit, 3 Jan. 2023 The story of Wisconsin's pulp and paper industry is one of adaptation and survival. —

John Schmid, jsonline.com, 2 Nov. 2022 Peel potatoes and place pulp into large mixing bowl. —

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Verb

Elephants sway from side to side, orcas grind their teeth to pulp against concrete walls. —

Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2021 The tool wipes away pulp from the inside, outside and bottom of the cutting blade in one swipe, while protecting your fingers. —

Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 7 July 2022 In the eighteen-sixties, a tiny aphid-like bug called phylloxera migrated from California to Europe, nearly pulping the French wine industry; in the nineteen-fifties, Panama disease eradicated the world’s favorite variety of banana, the Gros Michel. —

Kate Brown, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2020 Condé Nast personally fired him, and Vogue pulped all 130,000 copies. —

Brian T. Allen, National Review, 14 Mar. 2020 Approximately 70 million tons of this stuff is pulped every year, but most of it is burned for fuel. —

Troy Farah, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2020 His analysis of Trump’s victory is a useful corrective to accounts blaming racists, sexists and plutocrats to the exclusion of millions who simply wanted to blow up the giant dream-pulping machine of American politics. —

Trygve Throntveit, Washington Post, 14 June 2019 Pieces of timber too small to process as logs—including offcuts and thinnings from the forest—are chipped and pulped to make paper. —

The Economist, 17 Oct. 2019 The standard method for recycling cotton involves mechanically pulping it to break it down into raw material that can be reused. —

Marc Bain, Quartzy, 16 Aug. 2019 See More

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