pulp
[noun]
Synonyms:
- paste, mash, mush
- flesh, soft part
[verb]
Synonyms:
- crush, mash, pulverize, squash
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- cheap, lurid, rubbishy, trashy

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Pulp
a British group, popular in the 1990s, whose music was an example of Britpop, and whose singer was Jarvis Cocker

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I. pulp¹ /pʌlp/ noun
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: pulpa 'flesh, pulp']

1. SOFT SUBSTANCE [singular, uncountable] a very soft substance that is almost liquid, made by crushing plants, wood, vegetables etc:
Mash the bananas to a pulp.
timber grown for wood pulp (=used for making paper)
a soft pulp of leaves and mud

2. FRUIT/VEGETABLE [uncountable] the soft inside part of a fruit or vegetable:
Halve the melon and scoop out the pulp.

3. BOOKS/FILMS ETC [uncountable] American English books, magazines, films etc that are badly written and that contain lots of sex, violence etc:
an ad in a pulp magazine
pulp fiction

4. beat somebody to a pulp informal to seriously injure someone by hitting them many times

5. TOOTH [uncountable] part of the inside of a tooth
—pulpy adjective:
Cook slowly until soft and pulpy.

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II. pulp² verb [transitive]

1. to beat or crush something until it becomes very soft and almost liquid:
pulped apples

2. [usually passive] to beat or hit someone’s face or body very badly:
His body was pulped by the impact of the train.

3. to make wood or old books and newspapers into paper:
wood pulping techniques
Unsold novels are sent to be pulped.

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