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PABULUM

Dictionary entry overview: What does pabulum mean?

• PABULUM (noun)
The noun PABULUM has 2 senses:

1. any substance that can be used as food
2. insipid intellectual nourishment

Familiarity information: PABULUM used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PABULUM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any substance that can be used as food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

comestible; eatable; edible; pabulum; victual; victuals

Hypernyms ("pabulum" is a kind of...):

food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pabulum"):

tuck (eatables (especially sweets))

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Insipid intellectual nourishment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pabulum" is a kind of...):

food; food for thought; intellectual nourishment (anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking)

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