pulp
Soft wet fiber
Pulp is soft, wet, shapeless matter—the fleshy interior of fruit, the fibrous material from which paper is made, or anything reduced to mush: The banana had turned to pulp.
To pulp something is to crush it into this state.
Pulp fiction refers to cheap, sensational magazines printed on rough wood-pulp paper, and by extension any lurid or lowbrow entertainment: a pulp novel, pulp horror.
To beat someone to a pulp is to pummel them severely.
Soft or saccharine
- squishySoft and easily compressed
- softYielding to touch
- spongySoft and absorbent
- mashedCrushed to softness
crushed · macerated · porous · gritty · soggy · moist · gelatinous · viscous
Hard-boiled film genre
- hardboiledTough, cynical fiction style
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- dime novelCheap sensational paperback
- potboilerWork made for money
sensational · lurid · exploitation · gripping · cliffhanger · serial · shocker · escapist
Made of threads
- fleshyThick with soft tissue
- juicyFull of moisture
- citrusAcidic fruits with segments
- orangeCitrus with segments
grapefruit · segments · membrane · pith · seedless · squeezed · strained · unstrained
Plant wall polysaccharide
- wood chipsFragmented lumber pieces
- papermakingCreating sheets from fibers
- paper millFacility producing sheets from pulp
- kraftStrong unbleached paper
bleaching · lignin · newsprint · recycling · wastepaper · fiberboard · cardboard · paperboard
Calcified jaw structure
- cavityEmpty space within
- nerveSignal-carrying body fiber
- root canalInfected pulp removal
- dentinTooth's main substance
enamel · inflammation · pulpitis · endodontic · extraction · filling · sensitivity · decay
mushy
Soft or saccharine
mashed · crushed · macerated · porous · gritty · soggy · moist · gelatinous · viscous · creamy
noir
Hard-boiled film genre
- hardboiledTough, cynical fiction style
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- dime novelCheap sensational paperback
potboiler · sensational · lurid · exploitation · gripping · cliffhanger · serial · shocker · escapist · adventure
fibrous
Made of threads
orange · grapefruit · segments · membrane · pith · seedless · squeezed · strained · unstrained · flesh
cellulose
Plant wall polysaccharide
- wood chipsFragmented lumber pieces
- papermakingCreating sheets from fibers
- paper millFacility producing sheets from pulp
kraft · bleaching · lignin · newsprint · recycling · wastepaper · fiberboard · cardboard · paperboard · molded
tooth
Calcified jaw structure
- cavityEmpty space within
- nerveSignal-carrying body fiber
- root canalInfected pulp removal
dentin · enamel · inflammation · pulpitis · endodontic · extraction · filling · sensitivity · decay · abscess
- coffee plantarabica, robusta, coffee cherry, coffee bean, trunk
- fruit anatomypericarp, endocarp, flesh, skin, peel
- fruit juice industryorange juice, apple juice, grape juice, cranberry juice, pineapple juice
- pulp fictiondime novels, penny dreadfuls, potboilers, page turners, page-turners
- biomasswood, straw, sawdust, wood chips, bagasse
- papermakingpaper mill, cellulose, lignin, fiber, bleaching
pulpliterary fiction
Prose emphasizing craft and depth
highbrow · literature · belles-lettres · clean · moral
- beaten to a pulpSeverely and repeatedly struck
- beat to a pulpDestroy through repeated blows
- beating to a pulpViolent thorough physical assault
- pulp fictionSensational cheap literature
- fruit pulpSoft edible interior
- wood pulpProcessed tree fiber
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