pulp

polpa

Parte morbida e commestibile dentro un frutto.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Sinonimi: flesh

Espressioni comuni: orange pulp, fruit pulp, juice with pulp

poltiglia

Impasto morbido e denso che si forma schiacciando qualcosa o bagnandolo molto.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: mush, mash

Espressioni comuni: a soggy pulp, reduce to pulp, beat to pulp

pasta di legno, pasta di cellulosa

Legno sminuzzato e trattato con acqua e sostanze chimiche per produrre carta.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: wood pulp

Espressioni comuni: wood pulp, pulp mill, paper pulp

letteratura pulp, letteratura popolare

Libri o riviste economici con storie avvincenti, talvolta scioccanti, tradizionalmente stampati su carta scadente.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: pulp fiction

Espressioni comuni: pulp fiction, pulp magazine, pulp novel