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pablum

/ˈpæbləm/

Meanings
  • noun

    A type of bland, processed cereal food introduced in the late 19th century for use as a weaning food for infants.

    - "My grandmother used to feed me pablum as a baby."
    - "Pablum was a common weaning food in the early 20th century."

Rhymes
Words rhyming with pablum
palm , calm , germ , balm
Variants
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pablum , pablums
Etymology
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Pablum was originally produced and marketed by the Mellin Company in the United States around the late 1890s. The name 'pablum' is believed to have been derived from the Latin word 'pabulum', which means 'food' or 'fodder'.


Trivia
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  1. Pablum was originally sold in glass jars.

  2. The Mellin Company marketed pablum as 'the perfect food for babies'.

  3. Pablum was once considered a staple food for infants in the United States.


Related Concepts
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  1. Baby food: Pablum is a type of baby food.

  2. Weaning food: Pablum was originally marketed as a weaning food.


Culture
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Pablum was a significant part of infant feeding in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was marketed as a nutritious and convenient food for infants, but it has since fallen out of favor due to concerns over its lack of nutritional value and potential negative effects on dental development.

How to Memorize "pablum"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a jar of pablum on a shelf in an old-fashioned kitchen.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'pablum' with the idea of a first food for babies.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic by remembering that 'Pablum' starts with the same letter as 'Pabulum', which means 'food' in Latin.'


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