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pulp 1, noun (oh)



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1 ?soft substance?
2 ?fruit/vegetable?
3 ?books/film etc?
4 beat somebody to a pulp
5 ?tooth?
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[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: pulpa 'flesh, pulp']
?SOFT SUBSTANCE?
[singular,U] a very soft substance that is almost liquid, made by crushing plants, wood, vegetables etc
:: Mash the bananas to a pulp .
::timber grown for wood pulp (=used for making paper)
::a soft pulp of leaves and mud
?FRUIT/VEGETABLE?
[U] the soft inside part of a fruit or vegetable
::Halve the melon and scoop out the pulp.
?BOOKS/FILM ETC?
[U] AmE books, magazines, films etc that are badly written and that contain lots of sex, violence etc
::an ad in a pulp magazine
:: pulp fiction
beat sb to a pulp
informal to seriously injure someone by hitting them many times
?TOOTH?
[U] part of the inside of a tooth
-- pulpy adj
::Cook slowly until soft and pulpy.