This meaning refers to material that has been broken down into a soft, moist, shapeless mass.
The machine reduced the vegetables to pulp.
The fruit was crushed into a thick pulp.
This industrial meaning refers to processed wood, plants, or recycled paper fibers used in paper manufacturing.
The factory turns wood into paper pulp.
Recycled pulp is used to make cardboard.
This literary meaning refers to inexpensive, mass-produced stories known for dramatic and sensational plots.
He collects old science-fiction pulp.
The story has the excitement of classic pulp fiction.
As a verb, pulp means breaking material down into a soft fibrous or wet mass.
The machine pulps the fruit before filtering it.
Waste paper is pulped for recycling.
