pulps
Crushes to mush
Pulps is the verb form of pulp, meaning to reduce something to a soft, wet mass.
Paper mills pulp wood; publishers pulp unsold books by grinding them for recycling: They pulped ten thousand copies of the failed memoir.
The term also names cheap fiction magazines printed on rough wood-pulp paper, popular from the 1920s through 1950s: He collected old detective pulps.
Periodic illustrated publications
- paperbacksBooks with flexible covers
- novelsExtended prose fiction
- serialsContinuing episodic stories
- newsstandBooth selling periodicals
genre · detective · thriller · sci-fi · westerns · romance · adventure · horror
Sensationalist newspaper format
- grippingHolding attention completely
- thrillingIntensely exciting
- shockingCausing intense surprise
- scandalousMorally offensive or shocking
titillating · graphic · exploitative · dramatic · suspenseful · lurid · exaggerated · hyperbolic
Plant wall polysaccharide
- papermakingCreating sheets from fibers
- woodpulpProcessed tree fiber
- fibrousMade of threads
- newsprintLow-grade printing paper
cardboard · kraft · paperboard · fiberboard · packaging · insulation · molded · absorbent
Compress with force
- grindCrush into particles
- poundWeight, strike, or kennel
- pureeSmoothly blended food
- squashFlatten by pressure
blend · macerate · mulch · pulverize · paste · slurry · pestle · mortar
Citrus with segments
- grapefruitTangy citrus, often halved
- citrusAcidic fruits with segments
- squeezedPressed firmly together
- fruitEdible plant ovary
fibrous · strained · unstrained · cold-pressed · residue · extraction · blender · juicer
Object worth amassing
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- retroEvoking recent past
- ephemeraDisposables preserved as collectibles
- antiquarianScholar of old artifacts
rarities · memorabilia · periodicals · old-fashioned · bygone · heritage · preservation · restoration
magazines
Periodic illustrated publications
- paperbacksBooks with flexible covers
- novelsExtended prose fiction
- serialsContinuing episodic stories
newsstand · genre · detective · thriller · sci-fi · westerns · romance · adventure · horror · fantasy
tabloid
Sensationalist newspaper format
scandalous · titillating · graphic · exploitative · dramatic · suspenseful · lurid · exaggerated · hyperbolic · bloodcurdling
cellulose
Plant wall polysaccharide
- papermakingCreating sheets from fibers
- woodpulpProcessed tree fiber
- fibrousMade of threads
newsprint · cardboard · kraft · paperboard · fiberboard · packaging · insulation · molded · absorbent · recycling
crush
Compress with force
squash · blend · macerate · mulch · pulverize · paste · slurry · pestle · mortar · fibrous
orange
Citrus with segments
- grapefruitTangy citrus, often halved
- citrusAcidic fruits with segments
- squeezedPressed firmly together
fruit · fibrous · strained · unstrained · cold-pressed · residue · extraction · blender · juicer · flesh
collectible
Object worth amassing
antiquarian · rarities · memorabilia · periodicals · old-fashioned · bygone · heritage · preservation · restoration · archival
- print mediaheadline, magazine, articles, news, byline
- publicationsbooks, book, newspaper, magazines, magazine
- literary periodicalsfiction magazines, literary journals, literary essays, literary commentary, online journals
- printed ephemeraephemera, broadsides, handbills, flyers, leaflets
pulpshardcovers
Books with rigid bindings
literary fiction · quality magazines · slicks · classics · belles-lettres
pulpshardcovers
Books with rigid bindings
hardbacks · deluxe editions · slicks · glossies · trade paperbacks
- 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