- intellectual nourishment
- nounanything that provides mental stimulus for thinking• Syn: ↑food, ↑food for thought• Hypernyms: ↑content, ↑cognitive content, ↑mental object• Hyponyms: ↑pabulum
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nourishment — noun Date: 15th century 1. a. food, nutriment b. sustenance 3 < books for intellectual nourishment > 2. the act of nourishing ; the state of being nourished … New Collegiate Dictionary
nourishment — nour|ish|ment [ˈnʌrıʃmənt US ˈnə: , ˈnʌ ] n [U] formal 1.) the food and other substances that people and other living things need to live, grow, and stay healthy ▪ lack of proper nourishment ▪ The soil provides nourishment for plant roots. 2.)… … Dictionary of contemporary English
nourishment — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ adequate, proper ▪ lack of adequate nourishment ▪ emotional, intellectual, spiritual VERB + NOURISHMENT … Collocations dictionary
intellectual — adj. Intellectual is used with these nouns: ↑ability, ↑achievement, ↑activity, ↑appeal, ↑appetite, ↑arrogance, ↑bankruptcy, ↑bent, ↑brilliance, ↑capability, ↑capacity, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
Hymn to Intellectual Beauty — is a poem written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1816 and published in 1817.Composition and publication Hymn to Intellectual Beauty was written during the summer of 1816 while Percy and Mary Shelley stayed with Lord Byron near Lake Geneva. Percy… … Wikipedia
pabulum — pab u*lum, n. [L., akin to pascere to pasture. See {Pastor}.] 1. The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment. [WordNet sense 1] Syn: comestible, edible, eatable, victual, victuals. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] 2. Hence: That… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nour·ish·ment — /ˈnɚrıʃmənt/ noun [noncount] : food and other things that are needed for health, growth, etc. These children are suffering because they lack proper/adequate nourishment. Soil provides nourishment to plants. often used figuratively intellectual … Useful english dictionary
pabulum — /pab yeuh leuhm/, n. 1. something that nourishes an animal or vegetable organism; food; nutriment. 2. material for intellectual nourishment. 3. pablum. [1670 80; < L pabulum food, nourishment, equiv. to pa(scere) to feed (akin to FOOD) + bulum n … Universalium
pabulum — pab·u·lum || pæbjÉ™lÉ™m / pæbjÊŠlÉ™m n. source of nourishment for plants or animals (generally regarding lower life forms); food; intellectual nourishment (often of dull or banal content) … English contemporary dictionary
pabulums — pab·u·lum || pæbjÉ™lÉ™m / pæbjÊŠlÉ™m n. source of nourishment for plants or animals (generally regarding lower life forms); food; intellectual nourishment (often of dull or banal content) … English contemporary dictionary
