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Meaning of "Pablum" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PABLUM

Pablum  [ˈpɑːbləm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PABLUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pablum is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PABLUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pablum

Pablum

Pablum is a processed cereal for infants originally marketed by the Mead Johnson Company in 1931. The trademarked name is a contracted form of the Latin word pabulum, which means "foodstuff". The name had long been used in botany and medicine to refer to nutrition or substances of which the nutritive elements are passively absorbed. The word can also refer to something that is bland, mushy, unappetizing, or infantile.

Definition of Pablum in the English dictionary

The definition of Pablum in the dictionary is ® a cereal food for infants, developed in Canada.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PABLUM


alum
ˈæləm
asylum
əˈsaɪləm
column
ˈkɒləm
curriculum
kəˈrɪkjʊləm
emblem
ˈɛmbləm
Fulham
ˈfʊləm
Harlem
ˈhɑːləm
Jerusalem
dʒəˈruːsələm
Malayalam
ˌmælɪˈɑːləm
multiproblem
ˌmʌltɪˈprɒbləm
nonproblem
ˌnɒnˈprɒbləm
pelham
ˈpɛləm
pendulum
ˈpɛndjʊləm
problem
ˈprɒbləm
Salem
ˈseɪləm
slalom
ˈslɑːləm
speculum
ˈspɛkjʊləm
subproblem
ˈsʌbˌprɒbləm
vestibulum
vɛˈstɪbjʊləm
Winston-Salem
ˈwɪnstənˈseɪləm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PABLUM

P/N
p&h
P2P
P45
pa
PA system
Pa.
pa´anga
PA´s
paal
paan
PABA
pabouche
Pabst
pabular
pabulous
pabulum
PABX
PAC
Pac.

WORDS THAT END LIKE PABLUM

antebellum
baculum
Blum
cerebellum
Colum
endoplasmic reticulum
frenulum
hoodlum
infundibulum
lum
ornithogalum
paspalum
phylum
plum
reticulum
slum
solum
tantalum
tropaeolum
vellum

Synonyms and antonyms of Pablum in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Pablum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PABLUM

Find out the translation of Pablum to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Pablum from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Pablum» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Pablum
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Pablum
570 millions of speakers

English

Pablum
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Pablum
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Pablum
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Pablum
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pablum
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Pablum
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pablum
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pablum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pablum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

陳腐な考え
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Pablum
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pablum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Pablum
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Pablum
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पब्ल्म
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Pablum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Pablum
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pablum
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Pablum
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Pablum
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Pablum
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Pablum
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pablum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pablum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Pablum

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PABLUM»

The term «Pablum» is regularly used and occupies the 97.498 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PABLUM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Pablum

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PABLUM»

Discover the use of Pablum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Pablum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Five People You Meet in Hell: An Unauthorized Parody
If you've ever died, expect to die, know someone who has died, raise alpacas, collect Hummel figurines, breathe air, or enjoy line dancing, you must buy this book. You will never think about thirteen bucks the same way again.
Rich Pablum, 2007
2
Pucks, Pablum & Pingos: More Fascinating Facts and Quirky ...
A unique collection of trivia bites, quizzes, and graphics that delivers more of the fun, factual fare readers have come to expect from Canadas Trivia Guys.
Mark Kearney, Randy Ray, 2004
3
Pablum
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pablum is a processed cereal for infants originally marketed by the Mead Johnson Company in 1931.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
4
Handbook of Microbiological Media, Third Edition
Pablum cereal, precooked 100.0g Agar 18.0g Chloramphenicol 0.05g Preparation of Medium: Add components to distilled/deionized water and bring volume to 1.0L. Mix thoroughly. Gently heat and bring to boiling. Distribute into tubes or ...
Ronald M. Atlas, 2004
5
Ciardi Himself: Fifteen Essays on Reading, Writing, and ...
This is the minimum requirement for the first grade to cover by the end of the year. Right now there seems to be a revulsion against that sort of book, but I disagree. It is Pablum in a sense, and yet there is a point in the organism when Pablum is ...
John Ciardi, 1989
6
Now You Know Canada's Heroes
They called it “Pablum” from the Greek word for food, pabulum. Pablum was fed to babies in Sick Kids Hospital and then became available to the public in 1931. It was a breakthrough in nutritional science because, among other benefits, ...
Doug Lennox, 2009
7
Cupboard Love 2: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities
Pablum - pancake Pablum Pablum is the trademark name of a gruel fed to infants and other individuals too weak to defend themselves. The brand name was first registered in the United States in 1932 and derives from pabulum, a word ...
Mark Morton, 2004
8
The New York Medical Week
Have you tasted PABLUM? Recently? A FAMOUS CHEF HAS SAID, "Unless you season your food when you cook it, you can never prepare the perfect meal. You should let the seasoning cook with the food; you can never season properly ...
‎1936
9
Every Man His Own University
Russell Conwell's Every Man His Own University is an amazingly comprehensive guide for any man (or woman!) who needs to make a change -- and is willing to put in the work that that entails.
Russell Conwell, 2011
10
Leonard Bernstein: The Political Life of an American Musician
The idea that the United States was protecting democracy in South Vietnam, or virtually anywhere else in the world, was pablum for the masses." As Under Secretary of Defense John T. McNaughton wrote on March 24, 1965, in a passage that ...
Barry Seldes, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PABLUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Pablum is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Aser Rothstein: Ardent researcher made mark at SickKids - The …
... hospital in North America, with 800 beds and a long history of research, starting in the 1920s with the development of the baby food Pablum. «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
2
When it comes to garbage TV, Downey set the standard
... cigarette smoke in guests' faces, challenging them to fistfights and feeding raw meat to his audience by pummeling "pablum-puking liberals.". «Houston Chronicle, Jul 15»
3
Op-ed: Trumpmania pushes us back to safer political ground | The …
He's saying what he thinks and not feeding us the political pablum we're used to hearing. It would be a mistake for the other candidates to think ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Depending on the BBC
Most of our people happily muddle through life sustained by hollow entertainments and the effusive pablum of political intrigue. Our broadcast ... «Trinidad Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Just Shut Up About Sandra Bland Already, Steve Blow
But Blow isn't offering this pablum in a vacuum. He's offering it in the context of Bland's extremely questionable and politically charged death ... «Dallas Observer, Jul 15»
6
Shouting Through the Monotony: MS MR's How Does It Feel …
... in the background without caring whether or not you've tuned out yet, elevator music with a quicker pulse, inoffensive, midtempo pablum. «Pretty Much Amazing, Jul 15»
7
UN Adviser Accuses Iran Deal Opponents of Warmongering
In yet another article entitled “The True State of the Union 2015,” this prolific writer of stale left wing pablum claimed that the United States was ... «FrontPage Magazine, Jul 15»
8
The fearless pessimism of Netflix's 'BoJack Horseman'
As an industry-town comedy, Bob-Waksberg most frequently takes aim at the reverse meritocracy of taste that turns vapid pablum into megahits ... «Random Nerds, Jul 15»
9
FRESH MEAT | FROM OUR COMMUNITY BLOGS
This is the guy who told us to stop picking on Michael Bay for producing idiot-pablum for the masses, but when it comes to hobbies near and ... «Destructoid, Jul 15»
10
Deli, wine bar, and more in Southie
... woman at the next table take a knife and fork and cut her pasta for several minutes, chopping across the bowl until it must resemble Pablum. «Boston Globe, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pablum [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pablum>. May 2024 ».
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