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Webster 1913 Edition

Pulp

Pulp

,
Noun.
[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.

Pulp

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pulped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Pulping
.]
1.
To reduce to pulp.
2.
To deprive of the pulp, or integument.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pulp

PULP

,
Noun.
[L.pulpa. This is probably allied to L. puls, pulmentum; Gr. from softness.]
1.
A soft mass; in general.
2.
The soft substance within a bone; marrow.
3.
The soft,succulent part of fruit; as the pulp of an orange.
4.
The aril or exterior covering of a coffee-berry.

PULP

,
Verb.
T.
To deprive of the pulp or integument, as the coffee-berry.
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.

Definition 2024

pulp

pulp

English

Adjective

pulp ‎(comparative more pulp, superlative most pulp)

  1. (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

Noun

pulp ‎(usually uncountable, plural pulps)

  1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
  2. A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and being characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.
  3. The soft center of a fruit
  4. The soft center of a tooth
  5. A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
  6. Mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).
  7. A suspension of mineral particles (suspension typically being achieved by some form of agitation)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pulp ‎(third-person singular simple present pulps, present participle pulping, simple past and past participle pulped)

  1. To make, or be made into pulp
  2. To beat to a pulp.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology

From Latin pulpa.

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