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pulp: see paper paper, thin, flat sheet or tissue made usually from plant fiber but also from rags and other fibrous materials. It is used principally for printing and writing on but has many other applications. ..... Click the link for more information. . pulp 1. soft or fleshy plant tissue, such as the succulent part of a fleshy fruit 2. Dentistry the soft innermost part of a tooth, containing nerves and blood vessels pulp [pəlp] (anatomy) A mass of soft spongy tissue in the interior of an organ. (botany) The soft succulent portion of a fruit. (engineering) (materials) The cellulosic material produced by reducing wood mechanically or chemically and used in making paper and cellulose products. Also known as wood pulp. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| ``Them guys are getting beat to a pulp,'' said William 'Blinky' Rodriguez, an anti-gang activist and executive director of Communities in Schools. The slam family has an open listserv on which an amazingly wide range of issues are passionately argued, discussed, cussed, aired and sometimes beat to a pulp. Some years ago, I was so taken by Steven Seagal's ``Above the Law,'' in which CIA agents were sadistic thugs who the hero beat to a pulp, that I hung the movie poster in my office to daily bask in the anti-American sentiment. |
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