Definition of "pulper" [pulper]

• A machine for reducing roots, as turnips, mangel-wurzel, etc., to a pulp; a root-pulper. (noun)
• A machine for removing the fleshy pulp of coffee-berries. (noun)
• A pulp-digester, pulp-grinder, or pulp-engine. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "If it was very poor and squalid, it was called a pulpería; if it was large, it was called an almacén."
• "Food scraps and biodegradable napkins will be washed into a contraption called the pulper, where they will get, well, pulped."
• "But an internal report from the House's inspector general found that composting dinnerware actually used more energy, because of the pulper and the hauling trucks."