pabulum
n. source of nourishment for plants or animals (generally regarding lower life forms); food; intellectual nourishment (often of dull or banal content) | ||||
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Pabulum Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Pabulum
(n.)
The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum.
(n.)
The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum.
| WordNet 2.0 |
pabulum
Noun
1. any substance that can be used as food
(synonym) comestible, edible, eatable, victual, victuals
(hypernym) food, nutrient
(hyponym) tuck
2. insipid intellectual nourishment
(hypernym) food, food for thought, intellectual nourishment
Noun
1. any substance that can be used as food
(synonym) comestible, edible, eatable, victual, victuals
(hypernym) food, nutrient
(hyponym) tuck
2. insipid intellectual nourishment
(hypernym) food, food for thought, intellectual nourishment
| hEnglish - advanced version |
pabulum
pabulum
\pab"u*lum\ (?), n. [l., akin to pascere to pasture. see pastor.] the means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum.
pabulum
n
1. any substance that can be used as food [syn: comestible, edible, eatable, victual, victuals]
2. insipid intellectual nourishment
pabulum
\pab"u*lum\ (?), n. [l., akin to pascere to pasture. see pastor.] the means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum.
pabulum
n
1. any substance that can be used as food [syn: comestible, edible, eatable, victual, victuals]
2. insipid intellectual nourishment
Pabulum Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| JM Latin-English Dictionary |
pabulum
N
fodder| forage| food for cattle; food/sustenance; fuel (for fire)
N
fodder| forage| food for cattle; food/sustenance; fuel (for fire)
Pabulum Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Pablum
Pablum is a processed cereal for infants originally marketed by the Mead Johnson Company in 1931. The trademarked name is a contracted form of the Latin word , meaning "foodstuff".
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