pulp — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.

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   • non numerabile
   • usually

2. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).

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3. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation.

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   • non numerabile
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4. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. The soft center of a fruit.

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   • non numerabile
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   Sinonimi

   fruitflesh

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   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.

5. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. The soft center of a tooth.

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   • non numerabile
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6. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. The underside of a human fingertip; a finger pad.

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   • non numerabile
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   Sinonimi

   palp

7. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. The very soft tissue in the spleen.

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

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   • figurato
   • non numerabile
   • usually

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   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.

   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.

Verbo

1. To make or be made into pulp.

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   • transitivo o intransitivo

2. To beat to a pulp.

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   • gergo
   • transitivo

3. To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from.

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   • transitivo

Aggettivo

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

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   pulpishpulpy

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   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.

   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).

Sostantivo

1. any soft or soggy mass

   Sinonimi

   mush

   Termini più generali

   mass

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   he pounded it to a pulp

2. a soft moist part of a fruit

   Sinonimi

   flesh

   Termini più generali

   plant tissue

3. a mixture of cellulose fibers

   Termini più generali

   cellulose

4. an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper

   Sinonimi

   pulp magazine

   Termini più generali

   magazinemag

5. the soft inner part of a tooth

   Termini più generali

   vascular structure

Verbo

1. remove the pulp from, as from a fruit

   Termini più generali

   take out

2. reduce to pulp

   Termini più generali

   grindmashcrunchbraycomminute

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   pulp fruit

   pulp wood