n. & v.
--n.
1. the soft fleshy part of fruit etc.
2 any soft thick wet mass.
3 a soft shapeless mass derived from rags, wood, etc., used in paper-making.
4 (often attrib.) poor quality (often sensational) writing orig. printed on rough paper (pulp fiction).
5 vascular tissue filling the interior cavity and root canals of a tooth.
6 Mining pulverized ore mixed with water.
--v.
1. tr. reduce to pulp.
2 tr. withdraw (a publication) from the market, usu. recycling the paper.
3 tr. remove pulp from.
4 intr. become pulp.
Derivatives:
pulper n. pulpless adj. pulpy adj. pulpiness n.
Etymology: L pulpa