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Meaning of 'pulp' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pulp [ n.]
- A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter.
- 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.
- The soft, succulent part of fruit; as, the pulp of a grape.
- The exterior part of a coffee berry.
- The material of which paper is made when ground up and suspended in water.
2 . Pulp [ v. t.]
- To reduce to pulp.
- To deprive of the pulp, or integument.

Meaning of 'pulp' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pulp [ n]
Meaning (1):
- any soft or soggy mass
Example in sentence:
  • he pounded it to a pulp
2 . pulp [ v]
Meaning (2):
- reduce to pulp
Example in sentence:
  • pulp fruit;
  • pulp wood

Nearby Words:

pulas pulchritude pule puled puler pulex pulicene pulicose pulicous puling

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