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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. any soft or soggy mass;
- Example: "he pounded it to a pulp"
[syn: pulp, mush]

2. a soft moist part of a fruit;
[syn: pulp, flesh]

3. a mixture of cellulose fibers;

4. an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper;
[syn: pulp, pulp magazine]

5. the soft inner part of a tooth;


VERB (2)

1. remove the pulp from, as from a fruit;

2. reduce to pulp;
- Example: "pulp fruit"
- Example: "pulp wood"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pulp \Pulp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pulped; p. pr. & vb. n. Pulping.] 1. To reduce to pulp. [1913 Webster] 2. To deprive of the pulp, or integument. [1913 Webster] 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pulp n 1: any soft or soggy mass; "he pounded it to a pulp" [syn: pulp, mush] 2: a soft moist part of a fruit [syn: pulp, flesh] 3: a mixture of cellulose fibers 4: an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper [syn: pulp, 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"