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Definitions for Pulp

[1] the soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
[2] the pith of the stem of a plant.
[3] a soft or fleshy part of an animal body.
[4] Also called dental pulp. the inner substance of the tooth, containing arteries, veins, and lymphatic and nerve tissue that communicate with their respective vascular, lymph, and nerve systems.
[5] any soft, moist, slightly cohering mass, as that into which linen, wood, etc., are converted in the making of paper.
[6] a magazine or book printed on rough, low-quality paper made of wood pulp or rags, and usually containing sensational and lurid stories, articles, etc. Compare slick1(def 9) .
[7] Mining . ore pulverized and mixed with water. dry crushed ore.
[8] to reduce to pulp.
[9] to reduce (printed papers, books, etc.) to pulp for use in making new paper.
[10] to remove the pulp from.
[11] to become reduced to pulp.
[12] soft or fleshy plant tissue, such as the succulent part of a fleshy fruit
[13] a moist mixture of cellulose fibres, as obtained from wood, from which paper is made
[14] a magazine or book containing trite or sensational material, and usually printed on cheap rough paper (as modifier ) a pulp novel
[15] dentistry the soft innermost part of a tooth, containing nerves and blood vessels
[16] any soft soggy mass or substance
[17] mining pulverized ore, esp when mixed with water
[18] to reduce (a material or solid substance) to pulp or (of a material or solid substance) to be reduced to pulp
[19] (tr) to remove the pulp from (fruit)

Words related to Pulp

paste, trash, rubbish, pap, mush, mash, sponge, jam, dough, batter, marrow, poultice, grume, curd, crush, macerate, coagulate, bruise, squash, lurid

Words nearby Pulp

pulmonic airstream, pulmonitis, pulmono-, pulmonology, pulmotor, pulp, pulp amputation, pulp calcification, pulp canal, pulp canal therapy, pulp cavity

Origin of Pulp

1555–65; earlier pulpe < Latin pulpa flesh, pulp of fruit

Other words from Pulp

pulp·er , noun
pulp·less , adjective
pulp·like , adjective
de·pulp , verb (used with object)
un·pulped , adjective
pulp′ ous (pŭl′ pəs ) null adj.

Word origin for Pulp

C16: from Latin pulpa

Synonyms for Pulp

rubbish, trash, lurid, mushy, sensational, trashy