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PULP

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The soft inner part of a tooth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pulp" is a kind of...):

vascular structure (a structure composed of or provided with blood vessels)

Holonyms ("pulp" is a part of...):

tooth (hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper

Synonyms:

pulp; pulp magazine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pulp" is a kind of...):

mag; magazine (a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any soft or soggy mass

Example:

he pounded it to a pulp

Synonyms:

mush; pulp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("pulp" is a kind of...):

mass (a body of matter without definite shape)

Derivation:

pulp (reduce to pulp)

pulpy (like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A soft moist part of a fruit

Synonyms:

flesh; pulp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pulp" is a kind of...):

plant tissue (the tissue of a plant)

Meronyms (substance of "pulp"):

parenchyma (the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems)

Derivation:

pulp (remove the pulp from, as from a fruit)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A mixture of cellulose fibers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("pulp" is a kind of...):

cellulose (a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pulp"):

bagasse (the dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants)

wood pulp (wood that has been ground to a pulp; used in making cellulose products (as rayon or paper))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reduce to pulp

Example:

pulp wood

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "pulp" is one way to...):

bray; comminute; crunch; grind; mash (reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

pulp (any soft or soggy mass)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Remove the pulp from, as from a fruit

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "pulp" is one way to...):

take out (remove something from a container or an enclosed space)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

pulp (a soft moist part of a fruit)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A dentist specializing the biology of the normal pulp, the etiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases and injuries of the pulp and associated periradicular conditions.

(Endodontist, NCI Thesaurus)

It consists of the dental pulp, dentin, enamel, cementum, odontogenic epithelium, and periodontium.

(Odontogenic Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

A procedure in which the nearly exposed pulp is covered with a protective dressing to protect the pulp from additional injury and to promote healing and repair via formation of secondary dentin.

(Indirect Pulp Cap, NCI Thesaurus)

The oil extracted from the seeds, pulp, and white membranes of Citrus paradisi.

(Grapefruit Seed Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Minute branching canals in the tooth dentin that contain filamentous protoplasmic processes of the odontoblasts and extend radially from the pulp to the dentoenamel junction.

(Dentinal Tubule, NCI Thesaurus)

Anthraquinone is used in the manufacture of dyes, in the textile and pulp industries, and as a bird repellant.

(Anthraquinone, NCI Thesaurus)

Then he crushed the bones between rocks, pounded them to a pulp, and swallowed them.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Acrylamide is used in the production of polymers mainly in the water treatment industry, pulp and paper industry and textile treatment industry and is used as a laboratory reagent.

(Acrylamide, NCI Thesaurus)

The portion of the dental pulp cavity in the root of a tooth, extending from the pulp chamber to the apical foramen.

(Canalis Radicis Dentis, NCI Thesaurus)

The spleen is enlarged due to infiltration of the cords of the red pulp by granulocytes.

(Chronic Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)