Pulp
[pʌlp]
Definition
(noun.) the soft inner part of a tooth.
(noun.) an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper.
(noun.) any soft or soggy mass; 'he pounded it to a pulp'.
(noun.) a soft moist part of a fruit.
(noun.) a mixture of cellulose fibers.
(verb.) reduce to pulp; 'pulp fruit'; 'pulp wood'.
(verb.) remove the pulp from, as from a fruit.
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Definition
(n.) A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The soft, succulent part of fruit; as, the pulp of a grape.
(n.) The exterior part of a coffee berry.
(n.) The material of which paper is made when ground up and suspended in water.
(v. t.) To reduce to pulp.
(v. t.) To deprive of the pulp, or integument.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Soft part, soft mass.
Typed by Dave
Definition
n. the soft fleshy part of bodies e.g. of teeth: marrow: the soft part of plants esp. of fruits: any soft mass: the soft mass obtained from the breaking and grinding of rags &c. before it is hardened into paper.—v.t. to reduce to pulp: to deprive of pulp: to separate the pulp.—v.i. to become ripe or juicy like the pulp of fruit.—ns. Pulp′-en′gine a machine for converting rags &c. into pulp; Pulp′ifier an apparatus for reducing fresh meat to a jelly-like pulp to aid digestion.—v.t. Pulp′ify to make into pulp.
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Examples
- What are known as the soda-pulp and the sulphite processes are examples of this. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The pulp, duly beaten, refined, screened, and diluted with water, is then piped into the flow-box of the Fourdrinier machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The pulp was laid by hand upon moulds made of parallel strands of coarse brass wire; and the making of the pulp by grinding wood and treating it chemically to soften it was experimental. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is mainly wood pulp that has enabled books and newspapers to be made so cheaply, for they are now furnished at a less price than the cost of the paper made in the old way from rags. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The pulp thus prepared is placed in a large vat, where it is kept constantly agitated, to prevent the more solid parts from being deposited. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The rags from which the paper is made undergo a variety of processes before they are properly reduced into a state of pulp. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The Androscoggin Pulp Mill, established in Maine in 1870, was one of the pioneers in this field. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Pulping the fibre by softening it in water and beating the same had then been practised for four centuries. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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