Meaning

8 senses
  1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.

    (uncountable, usually)A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.

    a mixture of cellulose fibers

  2. (uncountable, usually)A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).

    Pulpa, Vlies, Zellstoff

    пу́льпаpúlʹpa, пу́льпаpúlʹpa

  3. (uncountable, usually)A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation.

  4. (uncountable, usually)The soft center of a fruit.

    Fruchtfleisch, Fleisch, Fruchtinnere

    мя́котьmjákotʹ

    a soft moist part of a fruit

  5. (uncountable, usually)The soft center of a tooth.

    Pulpa

    пу́льпаpúlʹpa

    the soft inner part of a tooth

  6. (uncountable, usually)The underside of a human fingertip; a finger pad.

  7. (uncountable, usually)The very soft tissue in the spleen.

    any soft or soggy mass

  8. (figuratively, uncountable, usually)A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.

    Boulevardpresse, Boulevard, Regenbogenpresse

    бульварная прессаbulʹvarnaja pressa

    an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper

Examples

21 sentences
  1. They beat the dog to a pulp.

    ruОни били собаку до полусмерти.

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  2. Tom was beaten to a pulp.

    ruТома зверски избили.

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  3. Tom was beat to a pulp by his father.

    ruТом был избит до полусмерти своим отцом.

    deTom wurde von seinem Vater krankenhausreif geschlagen.

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  4. I prefer orange juice without pulp.

    ruЯ предпочитаю апельсиновый сок без мякоти.

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  5. Sami beat the guy to a pulp.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
soft, moist mass:
lurid style of writing or publishing:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
soft, moist mass:
mass of which paper is produced:
mass of chemically processed wood fibres:
center of a fruit:
lurid style of writing or publishing:

Origin

From Middle English pulpe, from Latin pulpa.

From Middle English pulpe, from Latin pulpa.

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Forms

plural: pulps
Singularpulp

uncountable

Synonyms

7 synonyms
soft moist mass:fleshB2mashB1pomace
Close in meaning
  • an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper:pulp magazine
  • any soft or soggy mass:mush
  • a soft moist part of a fruit:flesh

Word family

26 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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