# pulp
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English pulpe, from Latin pulpa.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA: /pʌlp/
** Audio (General Australian):(file)
* (US) IPA: /pʊlp/, /pʌlp/
* Rhymes: -ʌlp, -ʊlp

### Noun

pulp (usually uncountable, plural pulps)
* A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
** A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
** A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).
** A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation.
** The soft center of a fruit.
    Synonym: fruitflesh
** The soft center of a tooth.
** The underside of a human fingertip; a finger pad.
    Synonym: palp
** The very soft tissue in the spleen.
* A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.
** 1983, Gary Hoppenstand, Ray Broadus Browne, The Defective Detective in the Pulps, page 2: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.
** 2009, David Hajdu, Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture: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.

#### Synonyms

* (soft moist mass): flesh, mash, pomace (now English regional)

#### Hyponyms

* (soft moist mass): pomace (created from juice or oil extraction)

#### Derived terms

* beat to a pulp
* kraft pulp
* pulpaceous
* pulpal
* pulpament
* pulp chamber
* pulpectomy
* pulp engine
* pulp fiction
* pulpify
* pulpily
* pulpless
* pulp mill
* pulpotomy
* pulpous
* pulpwood
* pulpy
* soda pulp
* wood pulp
* wood-pulp

#### Translations

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### Verb

pulp (third-person singular simple present pulps, present participle pulping, simple past and past participle pulped)
* (transitive, intransitive) To make or be made into pulp.
* (transitive, slang) To beat to a pulp.
* (transitive) To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from.

#### Derived terms

* pulper

#### Translations
### Adjective

pulp (comparative more pulp, superlative most pulp)
* (fiction) Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.
** 1997 July 22, Eric Gimlin, “Re: Annual theme '98”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe‎ (Usenet), message-ID <33D504B4.105@swbell.net>:The Nightwing annual had what felt like a very 'pulp-ish' plot, and the Superman annual was great, with a very pulp plot and a incredible Doc Savage tribute cover.
** 2003 January 3, Mark Wheatley, “Re: PULP 2003 READING”, in alt.pulp‎ (Usenet), message-ID <3E159FC7.70409@insightstudiosgroup.com>:Rather than Asimov I might suggest Stanley Weinbaum (since he died young and early in his career, he is far more "pulp" than Asimov - and remarkably readable - there is a LANCER collection of some of his short stories).

#### Synonyms

* pulpish, pulpy