Pulp

Origin

From Latin pulpa.

Full definition of pulp

Noun

1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
2. A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and being characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.
3. The soft center of a fruit
4. The soft center of a tooth
5. A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
6. Mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).

Derived terms

Verb

1. To make, or be made into pulp
2. To beat to a pulp.

Derived terms

• pulper