pulp, mush (noun)

any soft or soggy mass

"he pounded it to a pulp"

pulp, flesh (noun)

a soft moist part of a fruit

pulp (noun)

a mixture of cellulose fibers

pulp, pulp magazine (noun)

an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper

pulp (verb)

the soft inner part of a tooth

pulp (verb)

remove the pulp from, as from a fruit

pulp (verb)

reduce to pulp

"pulp fruit"; "pulp wood"

pulp (Noun)

A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.

pulp (Noun)

A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and being characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.

pulp (Noun)

The soft center of a fruit

pulp (Noun)

The soft center of a tooth

pulp (Noun)

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

pulp (Noun)

Mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).

pulp (Verb)

To make, or be made into pulp

pulp (Verb)

To beat to a pulp.

Pulp

Pulp is a lignocellulosic fibrous material prepared by chemically or mechanically separating cellulose fibres from wood, fibre crops or waste paper. Wood provides about 90 % of the basis for pulp production, while about 10 % originates from annual plants. Pulp is one of the most abundant raw materials world wide. It is most commonly used as raw material in papermaking, but is also used for in textiles, food, pharmaceutical and many other industries as well.