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pabulum
(mass) | pabulum
- jedlo |
pabulum
(encz) | pabulum,jídlo n: Jan Wagner |
pabulum
(encz) | pabulum,výživa n: Jan Wagner |
pabulum
(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].
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pabulum
(wn) | 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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