'pabulum' definitions:
Definition of 'pabulum'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any substance that can be used as food [syn: comestible, edible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals]
noun
Insipid intellectual nourishment
Definition of 'pabulum'
From: GCIDE
- 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]