pulp

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English pulpe, from Latin pulpa. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, Australian) IPA(key): /pʌlp/ (US) IPA(key): /pʊlp/, /pʌlp/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /pʊlp/ 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. (figurative) A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper. ==== Synonyms ==== (soft moist mass): flesh, mash, pomace (now English regional) ==== Hyponyms ==== (soft moist mass): pomace (created from juice or oil extraction) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === pulp (third-person singular simple present pulps, present participle pulping, simple past and past participle pulped) (ambitransitive) 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 ==== ==== 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. ==== Synonyms ==== pulpish, pulpy == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch pulp, from French pulpe, from Latin pulpa. Doublet of pulpa. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpulp/ [ˈpulp̚] Rhymes: -ulp Syllabification: pulp === Noun === pulp (plural pulp-pulp) pulp the soft center of a fruit. Synonym: daging buah A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper. A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “pulp”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016