26984 words

pulp

8 definitions • 11 examples
1
a soft, wet mass:

Examples:

to a pulp Mash the bananas to a pulp and then mix in the yogurt.
2
a mixture of old paper, plant fibres, and wood mixed with water until they form a soft wet mass, used for making paper:

Examples:

wood pulp
a pulp mill
3
the soft tissue inside a tooth:

Examples:

These infections arise as a complication of inflammation of the dental pulp.
The inner pulp of the affected tooth can become irritated by bacterial toxins.
4
books and magazines that are of low quality in the way they are produced and the stories and articles they contain:

Examples:

pulp fiction
5
to make something into a pulp:

Examples:

Old newspapers are pulped and recycled.
6
a soft, wet mass, often produced by crushing something:

Examples:

Mash the bananas to a pulp and then mix in the yogurt.
7
Pulp is also a mixture of water and small pieces of paper, cloth, or wood that is used for making paper:

Examples:

wood pulp
8
to destroy books, magazines, newspapers, etc. , for example because they cannot be sold or contain mistakes:

Examples:

Sales were low last year and the publishers had to pulp over half of the 10,000 copies they printed.
The decision to pulp the magazine was nothing less than censorship.

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