Meaning of Pulp | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
   uncountable, usually
2. A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
   uncountable, usually
3. A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).
   uncountable, usually
4. A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation.
   uncountable, usually
5. The soft center of a fruit.
   uncountable, usually
6. The soft center of a tooth.
   uncountable, usually
7. The underside of a human fingertip; a finger pad.
   uncountable, usually
8. The very soft tissue in the spleen.
   uncountable, usually
9. A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.
   figuratively, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“These sources do not, however, state why the drink is called lambswool. The name comes from the way the apples are roasted until they split open, and their pulp froths over the skin; this is used to float on top of the bowl of drink.”

“The hard-hitting, action packed, thud and blunder adventure fantasy was a commodity during that somber decade: Americans paid money to forget their troubles, and the pulps were willing to sell.”

“The fledgling comics business was a sweatshop trade for creative hopefuls too inexperienced, too socially ill-equipped, or, more often, too minimally talented for the established avenues of hackdom, the pulps and commercial art.”

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