Pulp

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pulp \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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pulp \Pulp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pulped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Pulping}.]
     1. To reduce to pulp.
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     2. To deprive of the pulp, or integument.
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              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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pulp
       n 1: any soft or soggy mass; "he pounded it to a pulp" [syn: {mush}]
       2: a soft moist part of a fruit [syn: {flesh}]
       3: a mixture of cellulose fibers
       4: an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper [syn:
          {pulp magazine}]
       5: the soft inner part of a tooth
       v 1: remove the pulp from, as from a fruit
       2: reduce to pulp; "pulp fruit"; "pulp wood"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  104 Moby Thesaurus words for "pulp":
     albumen, batter, bonnyclabber, bruise, butter, cataplasm, cheap,
     chew, clabber, cornstarch, cream, crush, curd, cushion,
     dental pulp, dough, ease, egg white, flesh, fluff, gaum, gel,
     gelatin, gentle, glair, glop, glue, gluten, goo, gook, goop, gruel,
     gumbo, gunk, heart, jam, jell, jelly, knead, laxate, levigate,
     limber, limber up, loblolly, loosen, lurid, macerate, marrow, mash,
     mass, massage, masticate, mellow, milden, molasses, mollify,
     mucilage, mucus, mush, pap, paper pulp, paste, pith, plaster,
     plump, porridge, poultice, pudding, pulp lead, pulpify, pulpwood,
     pulverize, puree, putty, rag pulp, relax, rob, sauce, semifluid,
     semiliquid, sensational, shake up, size, smash, soften, soften up,
     soup, sponge, squash, starch, sticky mess, subdue, sulfate pulp,
     sulfite pulp, supple, syrup, tenderize, tone down, trashy, treacle,
     triturate, tune down, white lead, wood pulp