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| 1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
pabulum
n 1: any substance that can be used as food [syn: comestible,
edible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals]
2: insipid intellectual nourishment
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| 2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
pabulum \pab"u*lum\, n. [L., akin to pascere to pasture. See Pastor.] 1. The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment. [WordNet sense 1] Syn: comestible, edible, eatable, victual, victuals. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] 2. Hence: That which feeds or sustains, such as fuel for a fire; especially, that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; intellectual sustenance; as, intellectual pabulum. [WordNet sense 2] Syn: food for thought, intellectual nourishment. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] 3. Trite or simplistic writing, sentiments, etc.; pablum[3]. [PJC] | ||
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