pabulum

English - Turkish

Definition of pabulum in English Turkish dictionary

yiyecek

gıda

{i} besin

Related Terms

food for thought

(deyim) dusunulecek sey,dusundurucu sey

English - English

Definition of pabulum in English English dictionary

food for thought

bland intellectual fare; an undemanding diet of words

food or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animals

material that feeds a fire

insipid intellectual nourishment

{i} source of nourishment for plants or animals (generally regarding lower life forms); food; intellectual nourishment (often of dull or banal content)

any substance that can be used as food

The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum

Hyphenation

pa·bu·lum

Etymology

[ 'pa-by&-l&m ] (noun.) 1733. From Latin pābulum (“food, nourishment”), from stem of pāscō (“I feed, nourish”).