Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - pulp

~1 n 1 a very soft substance that is almost liquid  (boil/cook sth to a pulp)  (First, boil the vegetables to a pulp.) 2 the soft inside part of a fruit or vegetable  (Halve the melon and scoop out the seeds and pulp.) 3 wood or other substances from plants that are used for making paper 4 books, magazines, films etc that are of poor quality or are badly written 5 beat sb to a pulp informal to hit someone until they are seriously injured 6 part of the inside of a tooth - pulpy adj ~2 adj only before noun pulp magazines, stories etc are of poor quality and are often about sex and violence  (pulp novels | pulp fiction) ~3 v 1 to beat or crush something until it becomes so soft that it is almost liquid  (pulped apples) 2 to make books or newspapers into paper