Pulp | Mean of pulp in English Dictionary

/ˈpʌlp/

• Noun
• the inner, juicy part of a fruit or vegetable
1. The fruit has sweet, juicy pulp and hard, black seeds.
2. the pulp of an orange
• the substance that is left after the liquid has been squeezed from a fruit or vegetable
1. I like to strain the pulp out of my orange juice.
• a soft, wet substance that is made by crushing something
1. The grain was mashed into pulp.
2. mashed to a pulp

• a soft material that is made mostly from wood and is used in making paper
1. The boxes will be turned back into pulp and be made into newspapers.
2. a pulp mill
3. This paper is made from inexpensive wood pulp.
• a magazine, book, etc., that is cheaply made and that deals with sex, drugs, violence, etc., in a shocking way
1. He made a little extra money by writing stories for a science fiction pulp.
2. a pulp magazine
3. pulp fiction
• the soft tissue that is inside a tooth
• Verb
• to crush (something) until it is soft and wet
1. They will pulp the unsold copies of the book. [=turn them into pulp for making paper]
2. the wood pulping process