Meaning & use
Pulping
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Reducing something, such as wood, fruit, or waste paper, to a soft, moist, shapeless mass.
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The factory is pulping recycled paper to make new cardboard.
She spent the afternoon pulping tomatoes for the sauce.
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Central to papermaking, where wood chips are chemically or mechanically pulped before being pressed into sheets.
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