pabulum

Meanings

Noun

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.

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)).

Synonyms

comestible, eatable, edible, fuel, pablum, pap, victual, victuals

Scrabble Score: 13

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

Words With Friends Score: 19

pabulum is a valid Words With Friends word