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pulper

American  
[puhlp-er] / ˈpʌlp ər /

noun

plural

pulpers
  1. a machine that grinds, shreds, or crushes paper, food waste, or other substances into pulp.

  2. a machine that separates the desirable parts of a fruit, such as citrus juice or coffee beans, from the undesirable parts, such as the rind or flesh.

  3. a company that produces pulp, especially paper or wood pulp.

  4. a person who works with or makes pulp.


Other Word Forms

  • depulper noun

Example Sentences

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In 2022, the company dedicated a $50 million state-of-the-art drum pulper to spin and separate usable pulp from all the other stuff that cannot be recycled.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024

Melissa: Glass is the enemy of the drum pulper, damaging its insides.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024

"If you run a pulper, do you want paper cups? No," says Dr. Martin Mulvihill, chemist, green packaging expert and advisor on the FoodPrint of Food Packaging Report.

From Salon • Aug. 11, 2022

How long will it be before EDF, as McDonalds and the Tasmanian rainforest pulper Gunns did, finds itself going cap-in-hand to the people it's suing, begging for permission to drop the case?

From The Guardian • Feb. 28, 2013

The results are the same as those obtained with the cylindrical pulper.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)