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Pulp   /pəlp/   Listen
noun
Pulp  n.  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.
(d)
The material of which paper is made when ground up and suspended in water.



verb
Pulp  v. t.  (past & past part. pulped; pres. part. 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."






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"Pulp" Quotes from Famous Books



... in No. 1. Then strain it through a wire strainer. Squeeze it well, so as to get the soup as thick as possible, but do not rub the barley through. Skin 1/2 lb. tomatoes, break in halves, and cook to a pulp very gently in a closed saucepan (don't add water). Add to the barley soup, boil up once, ...
— The Healthy Life Cook Book, 2d ed. • Florence Daniel

... appearance that was almost grotesque. He was without his hat, which had floated down the stream and had not been recovered. His hair was plastered down on both cadaverous cheeks, his shirtfront was a mass of pulp, and his wet clothes clinging closely to him brought into full relief every bony angle of his figure. One leg of his trousers was torn from the knee to the ankle. His feet sloshed in his shoes with every step, and a wet trail ...
— The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall - Or, Great Days in School and Out • Spencer Davenport

... Gazpaco is a kind of cold soup much used in the southern and hotter parts of Spain. It is made of bread crumbs, bonito fish, onions, oil, vinegar, garlic, and cucumbers. All these are beaten into a pulp, then diluted, and bread broken into the mixture. The better classes drink this as we should afternoon tea. Bacalas, or dried cod, is one of the staple dishes of the poor in the north, and the English in Spain also often eat it. The ...
— The Gourmet's Guide to Europe • Algernon Bastard

... Cotton, flax, and hemp. B. Wood, celluloses (a) sulphite process, and (b) soda and sulphate process. C. Esparto and straw celluloses. D. Mechanical wood pulp. ...
— Bookbinding, and the Care of Books - A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians • Douglas Cockerell

... on their dayoorl-stones, rubbing themselves with the pulp. Steam baths they make of ...
— The Euahlayi Tribe - A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia • K. Langloh Parker


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