Pulp Meaning
/pʌlp/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
nounA soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter., A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
Sentence Examples
Reduce to pulp by boiling.
They beat the dog to a pulp.
Tom was beat to a pulp by his father.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The fruit extraction process in the factory left behind a moist and soft ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The mill processed wood ____ into paper that was then sold to publishers and packaging companies.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English pulpe, from Latin pulpa.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"These sources do not, however, state why the drink is called lambswool. The name comes from the way the apples are roasted until they split open, and their pulp froths over the skin; this is used to float on top of the bowl of drink."
— 2024 September 6, Ceri Sullivan, “Shakespeare’s Will, Lambswool, and Puck’s Joke”, in Notes and Queries, volume 71, number 4, Oxford University Press, →DOI, page 406:
"The hard-hitting, action packed, thud and blunder adventure fantasy was a commodity during that somber decade: Americans paid money to forget their troubles, and the pulps were willing to sell."
— 1983, Gary Hoppenstand, Ray Broadus Browne, The Defective Detective in the Pulps, page 2:
"The fledgling comics business was a sweatshop trade for creative hopefuls too inexperienced, too socially ill-equipped, or, more often, too minimally talented for the established avenues of hackdom, the pulps and commercial art."
— 2009, David Hajdu, Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture:
"The Nightwing annual had what felt like a very 'pulp-ish' plot, and the Superman annual was great, with a very pulp plot and a^([sic]) incredible Doc Savage tribute cover."
— 1997 July 22, Eric Gimlin, “Re: Annual theme '98”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <33D504B4.105@swbell.net>:
"Rather than Asimov I might suggest Stanley Weinbaum (since he died young and early in his career, he is far more "pulp" than Asimov - and remarkably readable - there is a LANCER collection of some of his short stories)."
— 2003 January 3, Mark Wheatley, “Re: PULP 2003 READING”, in alt.pulp (Usenet), message-ID <3E159FC7.70409@insightstudiosgroup.com>:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The fruit extraction process in the factory left behind a moist and soft ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The mill processed wood ____ into paper that was then sold to publishers and packaging companies.