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Antonyms for pulp

Grammar : Adj, noun, verb
Spell : puhlp
Phonetic Transcription : pʌlp


Definition of pulp

Origin :
  • c.1400, "fleshy part of a fruit or plant," from Latin pulpa "animal or plant pulp; pith of wood," earlier *pelpa, perhaps from the same root as pulvis "dust," pollen "fine flour" (see pollen); extended to other similar substances by early 15c. The adjective meaning "sensational" is from pulp magazine (1931), so called from pulp in sense of "type of rough paper used in cheaply made magazines and books" (1727). As a genre name, pulp fiction attested by 1943 (pulp writer "writer of pulp fiction" was in use by 1939). The opposite adjective in reference to magazines was slick.
  • adj cheap, vulgar, especially regarding reading material
  • noun flesh of plant, animal
  • verb mash, pulverize
Example sentences :
  • The deck of the smack below promised to mash the American into a pulp.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • To-night he said 'I guess I've got you beaten to a pulp,' when I fancy he wasn't guessing at all.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • We could never make it—before we got to the top we'd be cooked to a pulp.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • Heat the pulp with three parts of the soup, mix six yolks of eggs with the remainder of it, and thicken it over the fire.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • When cold, mix the pulp of the apple with sugar and lemon peel shred fine, taking as little as possible of the apple juice.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • He could have smashed Norris to a pulp, and none knew it better than the Navigator.
  • Extract from : « The Long Voyage » by Carl Richard Jacobi
  • The pulp is sweet and juicy but is lacking in sprightliness.
  • Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
  • It appeared to have been made from a fiber rather than a pulp.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
  • It seemed as if his brain had been beaten with sticks; beaten to a pulp.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • On any other horse the hunchback would have been crushed to pulp.
  • Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post

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