pulp : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pulp	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for pulp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pulp n any soft or soggy mass; "he pounded it to a pulp" [syn: pulp, mush] a soft moist part of a fruit Synonym(s): pulp, flesh a mixture of cellulose fibers an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper Synonym(s): pulp, pulp magazine the soft inner part of a tooth v remove the pulp from, as from a fruit reduce to pulp; "pulp fruit"; "pulp wood"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pulp \Pulp\, n. [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pulp \Pulp\, v. 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.