单词 | pulp |
释义 | pulp/pʌlp /noun [mass noun] 1A soft, wet, shapeless mass of material: boiling with soda will reduce your peas to pulp...
Synonyms mash, mush, purée, cream, pressé, pap, slop, paste, slush, mulch, swill, slurry, semi-liquid, semi-fluid, mess; baby food informal gloop, goo, gook North American informal glop technical triturate rare pomace 1.1The soft fleshy part of a fruit.Jane suspends the pips in muslin to help the marmalade set, but I just use the juice and fleshy pulp from the inside of a lemon… it does the same trick....
Synonyms flesh, soft part, fleshy part, marrow, meat 1.2A soft wet mass of fibres derived from rags or wood, used in papermaking.They are used for the first chemical processing step of converting wood chips into pulp for paper manufacturing, primarily in the sulphate or kraft paper process....
1.3Vascular tissue filling the interior cavity and root canals of a tooth.Human teeth are made up of four different types of tissue: pulp, dentin, enamel, and cementum....
1.4 Mining Pulverized ore mixed with water.A device for borehole hydraulic mining includes a pipeline for delivering fluid into the hole accommodated inside a pipeline for bringing pulp to the surface. 2 [usually as modifier] Popular or sensational writing that is regarded as being of poor quality: the story is a mix of pulp fiction and Greek tragedy...
Synonyms trashy, rubbishy, cheap, sensational, lurid, tasteless, kitschy informal tacky Because formerly printed on cheap paper verb [with object] 1Crush into a soft, wet, shapeless mass: bales of waste paper were chopped, shredded, and pulped...
Synonyms mash, purée, cream, crush, press, smash, liquidize, liquefy, sieve, shred, squash, pound, beat, macerate, mill, grind, mince, soften, mangle technical comminute, triturate archaic levigate, bray, powderize 1.1Withdraw (a publication) from the market and recycle the paper: the publisher had the right to pulp all unsold copies...
Phrasesbeat (or smash) someone to a pulp Derivativespulper
OriginLate Middle English (denoting the soft fleshy part of fruit): from Latin pulpa. The verb dates from the mid 17th century. Rhymes |
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