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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pap has 3 senses
- pap(n = noun.communication) pablum - worthless or oversimplified ideas; Array is a kind of drivel, garbage
- pap(n = noun.food) soft diet, spoon food - a diet that does not require chewing; advised for those with intestinal disorders; Array is a kind of diet
- pap(n = noun.body) mamilla, mammilla, nipple, teat, tit - the small projection of a mammary gland; Array is a kind of reproductive organ, sex organ
has parts: pablum
is a part of mamma, mammary gland
CIDE DICTIONARY
pap, n. [Cf. OSw. papp. Cf. Pap soft food.].
- A nipple; a mammilla; a teat. Dryden. [1913 Webster]"The paps which thou hast sucked." [1913 Webster]
- A rounded, nipplelike hill or peak; anything resembling a nipple in shape; a mamelon. Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
pap, n. [Cf. D. pap, G. pappe, both perh. fr. L. papa, pappa, the word with which infants call for food: cf. It. pappa.].
- A soft food for infants, made of bread boiled or softened in milk or water. [1913 Webster]
- Any speech, writing, or idea lacking substance, or of trivial content; oversimplified, trite, or worthless ideas. [PJC]
- Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap. [1913 Webster]
- The pulp of fruit. Ainsworth. [1913 Webster]
pap, v. t.
To feed with pap. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pap, n.
1 a soft or semi-liquid food for infants or invalids. b a mash or pulp.
2 light or trivial reading matter; nonsense.
1 a soft or semi-liquid food for infants or invalids. b a mash or pulp.
2 light or trivial reading matter; nonsense.
Derivative
pappy adj.
pap, n. archaic or dial. the nipple of a breast.
Etymology
ME, of Scand. orig.: ult. imit. of sucking
THESAURUS
pap
abba, acid-ash diet, albumen, aliment, alimentation, allergy diet, bag, batter, bland diet, bonnyclabber, boobs, bosom, breast, breasts, brisket, bust, butter, calorie chart, calorie counter, chest, clabber, cornstarch, cream, crop, curd, dad, daddy, diabetic diet, diet, diet book, dietary, dietetics, dieting, dough, dug, egg white, father, foster father, garbage, gaum, gel, gelatin, genitor, glair, glop, glue, gluten, goo, gook, goop, governor, gruel, gumbo, gunk, high-protein diet, high-vitamin diet, jam, jell, jelly, keep, knockers, loblolly, low-carbohydrate diet, low-salt diet, macrobiotic diet, mama, mamelon, mamelonation, mammary gland, mammilla, mammillation, molasses, mucilage, mucus, nenes, nipple, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, old man, pa, pabulum, papa, papilla, pappy, paste, pater, paterfamilias, patriarch, pigeon breast, pop, pops, porridge, pudding, pulp, puree, putty, refection, refreshment, regime, regimen, rob, rubbish, salt-free diet, semifluid, semiliquid, sire, size, slop, soft diet, soup, spoon victuals, starch, stepfather, sticky mess, support, sustenance, syrup, teat, the old man, thorax, tit, tits, titties, titty, trash, treacle, udder, ulcer diet, vegetarianism, vitamin-deficiency dietROGET THESAURUS
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Convexity
N convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, camber, cahot, thank-ye-ma'am, swell, intumescence, tumour, tumor, tubercle, tuberosity, excrescence, hump, hunch, bunch, boss, embossment, hub, hubble, tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump, sugar loaf, bow, mamelon, molar, belly, corporation, pot belly, gut, withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange, pimple, zit, wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain, boil, airbubble, blob, papule, verruca, papilla, nipple, teat, tit, titty, boob, knocker, pap, breast, dug, mammilla, proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz, peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag, cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves, pilaster, relief, relievo, cameo, bassorilievo, mezzorilevo, altorivievo, low relief, bas relief, high relief, hill, cape, promontory, mull, forehead, foreland, point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur, naze, ness, convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting, bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy, clavate, clavated, claviform, hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform, papulous, papilose, hemispheric, bulbous, bowed, arched, bold, bellied, tuberous, tuberculous, tumous, cornute, odontoid, lentiform, lenticular, gibbous, club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose, salient, in relief, raised, repousse, bloated, (expanded).Pulpiness
N pulpiness, pulp, taste, dough, curd, pap, rob, jam, pudding, poultice, grume, mush, oatmeal, baby food, pulpy, pultaceous, grumous, baccate.
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