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pulp

  • noun
  • /pʌlp/

A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.

Other meanings

  1. A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.

  2. A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).

A kind of

  • mass

Related words

  • pulpboard
  • pulpification
  • pulpitis
  • pulplike
  • pulpsmith
  • beat to a pulp
  • pulp chamber
  • pulpaceous
  • pulpal
  • pulpament
  • pulpectomy
  • pulpify

Word history

From Latin "pulpa".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “pulp” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.