different between pulu vs pulp

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian pulu

Noun

pulu (uncountable)

1. A silky material obtained from the fibres of Cibotium glaucum, a tree fern of Hawaii.

Anagrams

• Lupu

Chamorro

Etymology

From Pre-Chamorro *pulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu.

Noun

pulu

1. (anatomy) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)
2. feather

Cocos Islands Malay

Etymology

From Malay 'pulau' meaning 'island'.

Noun

pulu

1. island

Finnish

(index pu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pulu/, [?pulu]
• Rhymes: -ulu
• Syllabification: pu?lu

Noun

pulu

1. (colloquial) feral pigeon (Columba livia, syn. Columba livia domestica)
2. cushat (informal term for domesticated pigeons)

Declension

Synonyms

• (Columba livia domestica): kesykyyhky

Related terms

• kyyhky
• kesykyyhky
• kalliokyyhky

Hawaiian

Noun

pulu

1. pulu, the fibers of the Cibotium glaucum

Descendants

• English: pulu

Kapampangan

Noun

pulu

1. island

English

Etymology

From earlier pulpe, borrowed from Latin pulpa.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /p?lp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p?lp/

Noun

pulp (usually uncountable, plural pulps)

1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
   1. A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
   2. A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).
   3. A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation.
   4. The soft center of a fruit.
   5. The soft center of a tooth.
   6. The very soft tissue in the spleen.
2. A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.
   • 1983, Gary Hoppenstand, Ray Broadus Browne, The Defective Detective in the Pulps (page 2)

     The hard-hitting, action packed, thud and blunder adventure fantasy was a commodity during that somber decade: Americans paid money to forget their troubles, and the pulps were willing to sell.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pulp (third-person singular simple present pulps, present participle pulping, simple past and past participle pulped)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or be made into pulp.
2. (transitive, slang) To beat to a pulp.
3. (transitive) To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from.

Derived terms

• pulper

Translations

Adjective

pulp (comparative more pulp, superlative most pulp)

1. (fiction) Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.

   • The Nightwing annual had what felt like a very 'pulp-ish' plot, and the Superman annual was great, with a very pulp plot and a incredible Doc Savage tribute cover.

   • Rather than Asimov I might suggest Stanley Weinbaum (since he died young and early in his career, he is far more "pulp" than Asimov - and remarkably readable - there is a LANCER collection of some of his short stories).

Synonyms

• pulpish, pulpy