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pulp.

A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pʌlp/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/pʊlp/US/pʌlp/US/pʊlp/Northern-England
  1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.

    uncountable · usually
  2. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).

    uncountable · usually
  3. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation.

    uncountable · usually
  4. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. The soft center of a fruit.

    uncountable · usually
  5. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. The soft center of a tooth.

    uncountable · usually
  6. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. The underside of a human fingertip; a finger pad.

    uncountable · usually
  7. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. The very soft tissue in the spleen.

    uncountable · usually
  8. A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.

    figuratively · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

From Middle English pulpe, from Latin pulpa.

verb/pʌlp/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/pʊlp/US/pʌlp/US/pʊlp/Northern-England
  1. To make or be made into pulp.

    ambitransitive
  2. To beat to a pulp.

    slang · transitive
  3. To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English pulpe, from Latin pulpa.

adj/pʌlp/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/pʊlp/US/pʌlp/US/pʊlp/Northern-England
  1. Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English pulpe, from Latin pulpa.

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