pulp

noun

1. 1

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

2. 2

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

3. 3

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

4. 4

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

   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. 5

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

6. 6

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

7. 7

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

8. 8

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

   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.

verb

1. 1

   To make or be made into pulp.

2. 2

   slangTo beat to a pulp.

3. 3

   To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from.

adjective

1. 1

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

   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).

Forms

plural

pulps

comparative

more pulp

superlative

most pulp

past tense

pulped

past participle

pulped

present participle

pulping

third person singular

pulps