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pulp

Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples

Pronunciation: US /pʌlp/

pulp means: The soft part inside a fruit that you can eat.

noun

FRUIT FLESHB2

The soft part inside a fruit that you can eat.

  • This juice contains orange pulp.
  • Scoop the pulp out with a spoon.
  • Do you prefer juice with or without pulp?

Similar words: flesh

Common phrases: orange pulp, fruit pulp, juice with pulp

WET SOFT MASSB2

A soft, wet, thick mixture made when something is crushed or becomes very soggy.

  • The wet paper became pulp.
  • Mash the cooked beans into a soft pulp.
  • After hours in the rain, the cardboard was a soggy pulp.

Similar words: mush, mash

Common phrases: a soggy pulp, reduce to pulp, beat to pulp

PAPER MATERIALC1

Wood broken into tiny pieces and treated with water and chemicals to make paper.

  • The factory makes wood pulp.
  • Paper is produced from pulp in this mill.
  • They use recycled pulp to make packaging.

Similar words: wood pulp

Common phrases: wood pulp, pulp mill, paper pulp

CHEAP POPULAR FICTIONC1

Cheap books or magazines with exciting, sometimes shocking stories, traditionally printed on rough paper.

  • He enjoys reading old pulp.
  • She collected detective pulps from the 1930s.
  • The writer began her career in pulp magazines.

Similar words: pulp fiction

Common phrases: pulp fiction, pulp magazine, pulp novel

Questions about pulp

What does pulp mean?

The soft part inside a fruit that you can eat.

What is pulp in other languages?

Türkçe: meyve eti · Español: pulpa · Français: pulpe · Deutsch: Fruchtfleisch · Italiano: polpa · 日本語: 果肉

How do you pronounce pulp?

It is pronounced /pʌlp/.

How do you use pulp in a sentence?

This juice contains orange pulp. Scoop the pulp out with a spoon.

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