Pulp vs Squash - What's the difference?
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(fiction) Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.
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A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter]] and being characteristically [[print, printed on rough, unfinished paper.
The soft center of a fruit
The soft center of a tooth
A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
Mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).
(uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
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(British) A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
(obsolete, countable) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
(obsolete, countable, pejorative) Something unripe or soft.
(obsolete, countable) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
(intransitive) To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze.
(countable) A plant and its fruit of five species of the genus Cucurbita , or gourd kind.
# Cucurbita maxima , including , and some varieties of pumpkins.
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# Cucurbita moschata , butternut squash, .
# Cucurbita pepo , most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini.
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The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.
(obsolete, zoo, countable) Muskrat.
* Dampier
As nouns the difference between pulp and squash
is that pulp is a soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter while squash is a sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.As verbs the difference between pulp and squash
is that pulp is to make, or be made into pulpsquash is to beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.As an adjective pulp
is of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.pulp
English
(wikipedia pulp)Adjective
(en adjective)- 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
* (l), (l)Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* beat to a pulp * pulp chamber * pulpaceous * pulpal * pulpament * pulpectomy * pulpify * pulpily * pulpless * pulp mill * pulpous * pulpotomy * pulpwood * pulpyDerived terms
* pulpersquash
English
(wikipedia squash)Etymology 1
From (etyl) squachen, from (etyl) esquasser, + .Noun
(wikipedia squash)citation
- When I'm thirsty I drink squash ; it tastes much nicer than plain water.
- It's a bit of a squash in this small room.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "squash")Derived terms
* squashable * squash ball * squash court * squash player * squash racketSee also
* racketballVerb
(es)- Somehow, she squashed all her books into her backpack, which was now too heavy to carry.
- We all managed to squash into Mum's tiny car.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "squash")Derived terms
* squash up * squashy * squishEtymology 2
Shortening of askutasquash , (etyl) ("[a vegetable] eaten green (or raw)"). (Cucurbita)Noun
- We ate squash and green beans.
Derived terms
* ) * (Coreidae) * opo squash (Lagenaria spp. ) * winter squash * summer squashEtymology 3
shortening of musquashNoun
(es)- The squash is a four-footed beast, bigger than a cat.