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pulp
(pŭlp)n.
1. A soft moist shapeless mass of matter.
2.
a. The soft moist part of fruit.
b. Plant matter remaining after a process, such as the extraction of juice by pressure, has been completed: apple pulp.
3. The soft pith forming the contents of the stem of a plant.
4. A mixture of cellulose material, such as wood, paper, and rags, ground up and moistened to make paper.
5. The soft tissue forming the inner structure of a tooth and containing nerves and blood vessels.
6. A mixture of crushed ore and water.
7.
a. A publication, such as a magazine or book, containing lurid subject matter: "The pulps took the mystery story out of the parlors ... and onto the 'mean streets'" (Tony Hillerman).
b. Lurid or sensational writing or subject matter: made a good living writing pulp.
v. pulped, pulp·ing, pulps
v.tr.
1. To reduce to pulp.
2. To remove the pulp from (coffee berries).
v.intr.
To be reduced to a pulpy consistency.
[Middle English, from Latin pulpa, fleshy parts of the body, fruit pulp.]
pulp′i·ness n.
pulp′ous (pŭl′pəs), pulp′y adj.
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pulpy
(ˈpʌlpɪ)adj, pulpier or pulpiest
having a soft or soggy consistency
ˈpulpily adv
ˈpulpiness n
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| Adj. | 1. | pulpy - like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness nonwoody - not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood |
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pulpy
adjective soft, succulent, fleshy, mushy, squashy, pappy The chutney should have a thick, pulpy consistency.
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pulpy
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Translations
لُبّي، شبيه باللُب
dužnatý
moset
pépszerű
maukkenndur
dužinatý
etli
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pulpy
adj (+er)
→ breiig
(inf: = trashy) book → trivial, billig; newspaper → billig, minderwertig; pulpy magazine → Schundmagazin nt, → Schundblatt nt
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pulp
(palp) noun1. the soft, fleshy part of a fruit.
2. a soft mass of other matter, eg of wood etc from which paper is made. wood-pulp.
verb to make into pulp. The fruit was pulped and bottled.
ˈpulpy adjective of or like pulp.
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