Definitions for pulping

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pulping pulp·ing

Spelling: [puhl-ping]

IPA: /ˈpʌl pɪŋ/

Pulping is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in pulping (gilnppu).

Definitions for pulping

noun

1. the process of making pulp, especially from wood, for use in the manufacture of paper, cardboard, etc.
2. the soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
3. the pith of the stem of a plant.
4. a soft or fleshy part of an animal body.
5. Also called dental pulp. the inner substance of the tooth, containing arteries, veins, and lymphatic and nerve tissue that communicate with their respective vascular, lymph, and nerve systems.
6. any soft, moist, slightly cohering mass, as that into which linen, wood, etc., are converted in the making of paper.
7. a magazine or book printed on rough, low-quality paper made of wood pulp or rags, and usually containing sensational and lurid stories, articles, etc. Compare slick1 (def 9).
8. Mining. ore pulverized and mixed with water. dry crushed ore.

adjective

1. of or involved in the making of pulp:

verb (used with object)

1. to reduce to pulp.
2. to reduce (printed papers, books, etc.) to pulp for use in making new paper.
3. to remove the pulp from.

verb (used without object)

1. to become reduced to pulp.

Origin of pulping

First recorded in 1655-65; pulp + -ing¹

Examples for pulping

It may be pulped by some of the pulping machines now in use, the day it is gathered, then washed and dried.

The materials are thoroughly washed and treated with lime and soda before and after pulping.

Before this is required, the coffee has previously undergone the process of pulping, or removal from the soft fleshy husk.

By pulping, which operation is performed in pulping engines or beaters, the washing is expeditious and thorough.

In return, they taught him to milk, and let him do little jobs—chopping hay or pulping turnips—just as much as he liked.

If it were grown in sufficient quantity it might prove good for pulping, but it is of no other economic value.

The process above described is the old method of pulping the potatoes by using steam.

Improvements have also been made in pulping and milling facilities.

pulping of its tissue existed over a wide area both at the points of entrance and of exit.

The process of pulping is simplicity itself; the trees are felled in the forests on the hillsides close by, and sawn into blocks.