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| pulp [ pulp ] |
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1. soft material: a soft or soggy mass
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2. crushed wood for paper: crushed wood or other materials that are used to make paper
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3. cheap books or magazines: novels or magazines produced on cheap paper, especially crime, horror, or science fiction stories
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often used before a noun
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  a prize collection of classic pulp fiction
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4. soft fleshy plant tissue: soft fleshy plant tissue, e.g. the inner part of a fruit or vegetable
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5. stem pith: the pith inside a plant stem
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6. dentistry inside of tooth: the sensitive tissue at the center of a tooth, consisting of nerves and blood vessels
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7. pulverized ore: ore that has been mined and pulverized, especially when mixed with water
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verb (past and past participle pulped, present participle pulp·ing, 3rd person present singular pulps) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb crush something: to crush something into pulp, or be crushed into pulp
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2. transitive verb remove pulp from something: to remove the pulp from something, especially the soft fleshy tissue from fruit or vegetables
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| [14th century. < Latin pulpa] |
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