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pabulum.

Food or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animals.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpabjʊləm/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpabjələm/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpæbjʊləm/General-American/ˈpæbjələm/General-American
  1. Food or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animals.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Material that feeds a fire.

    countable · uncountable
  3. Food for thought.

    countable · figuratively · uncountable
  4. Bland intellectual fare; an undemanding diet of words.

    countable · figuratively · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin pābulum (“food, nourishment; fodder or pasture for animals; nourishment for the mind, food for thought”), from pā(scō) (“to nourish”) + -bulum (suffix denoting an instrument), or directly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-dʰlom (*peh₂- (“to protect, shepherd”) + *-dʰlom, variant of *-trom (suffix denoting a tool or instrument)).

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