Pabulum

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A substance that gives nourishment; food.
  • n. Insipid intellectual nourishment: "TV . . . gobbled up comedy material and spat it out as pabulumā€ ( Richard Corliss).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. food or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animals.
  • n. material that feeds a fire.
  • n. food for thought.
  • n. bland intellectual fare; an undemanding diet of words.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment.
  • n. That which feeds or sustains, such as fuel for a fire
  • n. Trite or simplistic writing, sentiments, etc.; pablum{3}.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Food, in the widest sense; aliment; nutriment; that which nourishes an animal or vegetable organism; by extension, that which nourishes or supports any physical process, as fuel for a fire.
  • n. Hence, food for thought; intellectual or spiritual nourishment or support.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. insipid intellectual nourishment
  • n. any substance that can be used as food
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    pabulary    pablum   
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