pablum

Questions about pablum

What does pablum mean?

pablum means "a soft form of cereal for infants". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pablum?

pablum has 2 syllables: pab-lum. The stress falls on "pab". In IPA it is /ˈpæbləm/.

What is another word for pablum?

Close synonyms include pap. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pablum a common word?

pablum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.