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PABULUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any substance that can be used as food
Synonyms:
comestible; eatable; edible; pabulum; victual; victuals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("pabulum" is a kind of...):
food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pabulum"):
tuck (eatables (especially sweets))
