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pape

pape

9.9
Soft, thin food that people give to babies or sick people
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : papilla
  • I made some pape for my sick grandmother.

Examples

  • He remembered his grandmother making pape whenever someone in the family was ill.

  • The baby loves to eat pape for breakfast.

  • The nurse prepared a bowl of pape for the elderly patient who had trouble chewing.

  • In old stories, mothers would feed their babies pape made from bread and milk.

  • The nurse prepared some warm pape for the sick child to eat.

  • After he got his wisdom teeth removed, he could only consume pape for a few days.

  • She lovingly fed her baby a bowl of pape made from mashed bananas.

Synonyms

pap
vspape
3 8.2

Soft bland food that is easy to swallow

is the older dialect label used historically for this food
Pablum
vspape
1 8.1

A soft bland cereal food for babies and young children

is a general old dialect word, not a branded infant cereal
pabulum
vspape
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Something that provides food for animals or living cells

is narrower and refers to soft food for babies or the sick
paps
vspape
6.8

Soft wet food that babies or sick people can eat

is the old dialect term rather than the usual modern name

Surface Forms

pape singular
papes plural

Etymology

Pape for soft, semi-liquid food is like the English word pap, meaning 'soft food' or baby food. That's why pape refers to food that is easy to eat when someone cannot chew.