pabulum
Food or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animalsFood or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animals.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)Food or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animals.
(countable, uncountable)Material that feeds a fire.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Food for thought.
any substance that can be used as food
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Bland intellectual fare; an undemanding diet of words.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from Latin pābulum (“food, nourishment; fodder or pasture for animals; nourishmenBorrowed 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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Forms
plural: pabula / pabulumsSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable