Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pulp
Pulp
pulp
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
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Latin ~a flesh, ~ Date: 14th century 1. a. the soft, succulent part of a fruit usually composed of mesocarp, stem pith when soft and spongy, a soft mass of vegetable matter (as of apples) from which most of the water has been extracted by pressure, the soft sensitive tissue that fills the central cavity of a tooth, a material prepared by chemical or mechanical means from various materials (as wood or rags) for use in making paper and cellulose products, pulverized ore mixed with water, 3. ~y condition or character, something in such a condition or having such a character, a magazine or book printed on cheap paper (as newsprint) and often dealing with sensational material, ~iness noun ~y adjective II. verb Date: 1683 transitive verb to reduce to ~ , to cause to appear ~y, to deprive of the ~, intransitive verb to become ~ or ~y, ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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