1 [sing.,U] a soft wet substance that is made especially by crushing sth:
Cook the fruit gently until it forms a pulp. * Mash the beans to a pulp. * His face had been beaten to a pulp (= very badly beaten).
2 [U] a soft substance that is made by crushing wood, fabric or other material and then used to make paper:
paper / wood pulp
3 [U] the soft part inside some fruit and vegetables
SYNFLESH:
Scoop out the pulp and serve it with sugar.
pulpy adjective:
Cook the fruit slowly until soft and pulpy.
verb [VN] to crush or beat sth so that it becomes soft and wet:
Unsold copies of the novel had to be pulped. * pulped fruit
adjective [onlybeforenoun] (of books, magazines, etc.) badly written and often intended to shock people:
pulp fiction / horror
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is pulp a noun, verb, or something else?
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