Definition of PABULUM

pabulum

Plural: pabula, pabulums

Noun

  • Food or sustenance; matter that provides nourishment.
  • any substance that can be used as food
  • insipid intellectual nourishment
  • Food or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animals.
  • Material that feeds a fire.
  • Food for thought.
  • Bland intellectual fare; an undemanding diet of words.

Examples

  • The high-scoring word was PABULUM for his dwindling score, giving him new life.

Origin / Etymology

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)).

Scrabble Score: 13

pabulum: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
pabulum: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pabulum: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

pabulum: valid Words With Friends Word