Standard Lemma guide

pulp

adj · noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /pʌlp/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /pʊlp/
  • US: /pʌlp/
  • Northern-England: /pʊlp/
  • rhymes with -ʌlp
  • rhymes with -ʊlp
  • CMU ARPABET: P AH1 L P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.

A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.

A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.

The soft center of a fruit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fruitflesh

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.

The soft center of a tooth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.

The underside of a human fingertip; a finger pad.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: palp

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.

The very soft tissue in the spleen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To make or be made into pulp.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To beat to a pulp.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

the soft inner part of a tooth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vascular structure

14

noun

Meaning 14

an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pulp magazine

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: magazine, mag

15

noun

Meaning 15

any soft or soggy mass

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he pounded it to a pulp

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mush

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mass

16

noun

Meaning 16

a soft moist part of a fruit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flesh

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plant tissue

17

noun

Meaning 17

a mixture of cellulose fibers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cellulose

Narrower terms: bagasse, wood pulp

18

verb

Meaning 18

reduce to pulp

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • pulp fruit
  • pulp wood

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute

19

verb

Meaning 19

remove the pulp from, as from a fruit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: take out

History

Etymology

From Middle English pulpe, from Latin pulpa.

Across languages

Translations

123 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: каша (kaša) — soft, moist mass
  • Finnish: massa — soft, moist mass
  • French: pulpe — soft, moist mass
  • Friulian: polpe — soft, moist mass
  • German: Brei — soft, moist mass
  • Greek: πολτός (poltós) — soft, moist mass
  • Hindi: गूदा (gūdā) — soft, moist mass
  • Hungarian: pép — soft, moist mass
  • Hungarian: massza — soft, moist mass
  • Irish: garr — soft, moist mass
  • Italian: polpa — soft, moist mass
  • Māori: puru — soft, moist mass
  • Plautdietsch: Brie — soft, moist mass
  • Portuguese: polpa — soft, moist mass
  • Romanian: pulpă — soft, moist mass
  • Russian: мя́коть (mjákotʹ) — soft, moist mass
  • Russian: пу́льпа (púlʹpa) — soft, moist mass
  • Swahili: uji uji — soft, moist mass
  • Assamese: শাহ (xah) — center of a fruit
  • Azerbaijani: özək — center of a fruit
  • Belarusian: мякаць (mjakacʹ) — center of a fruit
  • Bulgarian: пулпа (pulpa) — center of a fruit
  • Catalan: polpa — center of a fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 果肉 (guǒròu) — center of a fruit
  • Czech: dužina — center of a fruit
  • Czech: dužnina — center of a fruit
  • Danish: frugtkød — center of a fruit
  • Esperanto: pulpo — center of a fruit
  • Estonian: viljaliha — center of a fruit
  • Finnish: hedelmäliha — center of a fruit
  • French: pulpe — center of a fruit
  • Friulian: polpe — center of a fruit
  • German: Fruchtfleisch — center of a fruit
  • German: Fleisch — center of a fruit
  • German: Fruchtinnere — center of a fruit
  • Greek: μεσοκάρπιο (mesokárpio) — center of a fruit
  • Greek: σάρκα (sárka) — center of a fruit
  • Hebrew: צִיפָה (tzifá) — center of a fruit
  • Hindi: गूदा (gūdā) — center of a fruit
  • Hungarian: gyümölcshús — center of a fruit
  • Italian: polpa — center of a fruit
  • Japanese: 果肉 (kaniku) — center of a fruit
  • Korean: 과육 (gwayuk) — center of a fruit
  • Latvian: mīkstums — center of a fruit
  • Lithuanian: minkštimas — center of a fruit
  • Māori: kōpuka — center of a fruit
  • Māori: karu — center of a fruit
  • Norwegian: fruktkjøtt — center of a fruit
  • Polish: miąższ — center of a fruit
  • Portuguese: polpa — center of a fruit
  • Portuguese: carne — center of a fruit
  • Romanian: pulpă — center of a fruit
  • Russian: мя́коть (mjákotʹ) — center of a fruit
  • Slovak: dreň — center of a fruit
  • Slovak: dužina — center of a fruit
  • Slovak: dužnina — center of a fruit
  • Slovak: mäso — center of a fruit
  • Spanish: pulpa — center of a fruit
  • Swedish: fruktkött — center of a fruit
  • Tagalog: sapal — center of a fruit
  • Turkish: et — center of a fruit
  • Volapük: pulp — center of a fruit
  • Volapük: flukapulp — center of a fruit
  • Azerbaijani: özək — center of a tooth
  • Bulgarian: пулпа (pulpa) — center of a tooth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 齒髓 /齿髓 (chǐsuǐ) — center of a tooth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牙髓 (yásuǐ) — center of a tooth
  • Czech: dřeň — center of a tooth
  • Finnish: hammasydin — center of a tooth
  • Finnish: pulpa — center of a tooth
  • French: pulpe — center of a tooth
  • German: Pulpa — center of a tooth
  • Greek: πολφός (polfós) — center of a tooth
  • Hindi: गूदा (gūdā) — center of a tooth
  • Italian: polpa — center of a tooth
  • Japanese: 歯髄 (shizui) — center of a tooth
  • Polish: miazga — center of a tooth
  • Portuguese: polpa — center of a tooth
  • Russian: пу́льпа (púlʹpa) — center of a tooth
  • Slovak: dreň — center of a tooth
  • Spanish: pulpa dentaria — center of a tooth
  • Spanish: pulpa dental — center of a tooth
  • Bulgarian: пулпа (pulpa) — mass of which paper is produced
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紙漿 /纸浆 (zhǐjiāng) — mass of which paper is produced
  • Finnish: paperimassa — mass of which paper is produced
  • French: pulpe — mass of which paper is produced
  • German: Pulpa — mass of which paper is produced
  • German: Vlies — mass of which paper is produced
  • Hindi: गूदा (gūdā) — mass of which paper is produced
  • Irish: laíon páipéir — mass of which paper is produced
  • Japanese: パルプ (parupu) — mass of which paper is produced
  • Korean: 펄프 (peolpeu) — mass of which paper is produced
  • Korean: 팔프 (palpeu) — mass of which paper is produced
  • Ottoman Turkish: كاغد خاموری (kâğıd hamuru) — mass of which paper is produced
  • Portuguese: polpa — mass of which paper is produced
  • Portuguese: massa — mass of which paper is produced
  • Russian: пу́льпа (púlʹpa) — mass of which paper is produced
  • Spanish: pulpa de celulosa — mass of which paper is produced
  • Swedish: pappersmassa — mass of which paper is produced
  • Turkish: kâğıt hamuru — mass of which paper is produced
  • Bulgarian: пулпа (pulpa) — mass of chemically processed wood fibres
  • Finnish: sellu — mass of chemically processed wood fibres
  • Finnish: selluloosa — mass of chemically processed wood fibres
  • French: pulpe — mass of chemically processed wood fibres
  • German: Zellstoff — mass of chemically processed wood fibres
  • Italian: cellulosa — mass of chemically processed wood fibres
  • Russian: пу́льпа (púlʹpa) — mass of chemically processed wood fibres
  • Finnish: sensaatiojournalismi — lurid style of writing or publishing
  • French: (presse) à sensation — lurid style of writing or publishing
  • German: Boulevardpresse — lurid style of writing or publishing
  • German: Boulevard — lurid style of writing or publishing
  • German: Regenbogenpresse — lurid style of writing or publishing
  • German: Sensationsjournalismus — lurid style of writing or publishing
  • Hungarian: ponyva — lurid style of writing or publishing
  • Hungarian: ponyvaregény — lurid style of writing or publishing
  • Russian: бульварная пресса (bulʹvarnaja pressa) — lurid style of writing or publishing
  • Finnish: jauhaa massaksi — to make into pulp
  • German: (Zellstoff) herstellen — to make into pulp
  • Māori: roroi — to make into pulp
  • Māori: whakapē — to make into pulp
  • Māori: kōrapu — to make into pulp
  • Swedish: mosa — to make into pulp
  • Finnish: jauhautua massaksi — to be made into pulp