Pabulum

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  • noun. A substance that gives nourishment; food.
  • noun. Insipid intellectual nourishment.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Food, in the widest sense; aliment; nutriment; that which nourishes an animal or vegetable organism; by extension, that which nourishes or supports any physical process, as fuel for a fire.
  • noun. Hence, food for thought; intellectual or spiritual nourishment or support.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment.
  • noun. That which feeds or sustains, such as fuel for a fire
  • noun. Trite or simplistic writing, sentiments, etc.; pablum{3}.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. food or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animals.
  • noun. material that feeds a fire.
  • noun. food for thought.
  • noun. bland intellectual fare; an undemanding diet of words.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. insipid intellectual nourishment
  • noun. any substance that can be used as food
    • Word Usage
    "They supposed that the air contained a principle proper for the support and nourishment of life, which they called pabulum vitae."
    cross-reference
    pablum  pabulary  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    food  food for thought  intellectual nourishment  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aliquod  amplissimum  coepit  comprehensa  consideratio  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pablum  
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