Sekirov Dictionary

pulp

UK /pʌlp/US /pʊlp/

noun 9
verb 3
adjective 1
forms 5

noun9

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.
The soft center of a tooth.
The very soft tissue in the spleen.
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A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.
- The hard-hitting, action packed, thud and blunder adventure fantasy was a commodity during that somber decade: Americans paid money to forget their troubles, and the pulps were willing to sell. — 1983
The underside of a human fingertip; a finger pad.

verb3

To make or be made into pulp.
(slang) To beat to a pulp.
To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from.

adjective1

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Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.
- The Nightwing annual had what felt like a very 'pulp-ish' plot, and the Superman annual was great, with a very pulp plot and a^([sic]) incredible Doc Savage tribute cover. — 1997

forms

pulped · pulping · pulps · more pulp · most pulp

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