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oat

oat

65 1.0
A tall grass grown for seeds that people and animals eat
  • noun
  • /oʊt/
translation icon : avena
  • The steeds ran as if they could sense the snug stable and fresh oats in their near future.
  • rolled oats
  • oat flour
  • oat bran

Mares eat oats and doze eat oats, and little lambs eat Ivy.

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Examples

  • "We found that powdered muscadine puree has more dietary fiber than oat or rice bran," Ector says.

    Academic text (1997)

  • In spite of the enormous publicity over oat bran in the late 1980s, students rarely mentioned it.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Do you have oat milk?

    Queenpins (2021)

  • I picked up a bag of oats and carried it outside to the horses.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The old man put down the bucket of oats and tried to sneak up slowly to the horse.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The most common being wheat, rice, oats, corn, and teff.

    KenDBerryMD

  • I got peanut butter, coconut oil, oats, coconut flour.

  • Moderate quantities of oats are tolerated by most patients, although some also show sensitivity to oats.

    Academic text (2014)

  • The gray colt ate the oats from my hand, and I slipped the halter on the colt.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Many people enjoy oatmeal with fruits and nuts for a nutritious morning meal made from oats.

Synonyms

Avena sativa
vsoat
  • Specialized
6.9

A grass that farmers grow in cool regions for its edible seeds called oats

is the common descriptive name used for the same cultivated seed grass
cereal oat
vsoat
  • Specialized
2.5

A grass grown for grain that people and animals eat

is a general botanical description focusing on a tall grass grown for seeds

Compounds

wild oat
1 6.7

A grass like oats that grows in fields and is often a weed

cereal oat
  • Specialized
2.5

A grass grown for grain that people and animals eat

animated oat
  • UK
9.9

A wild oat that grows in the Mediterranean and is an ancestor of the oats we grow

false oat
  • UK
8.9

A tall coarse grass like oat that grows by roadsides, in fields, and is used for animal feed

oat cell carcinoma
  • Archaic
7.7

A very dangerous cancer that often starts in the lungs and spreads quickly

tall oat grass
7.1

A tall rough grass from Europe and Asia that looks like oats and grows by roads and fields

slender wild oat
  • UK
9.3

A wild grass with thin upright stems that often grows as a weed in fields

wild red oat
  • UK
9.2

A wild Mediterranean grass that is the original form of the grain grown for food

wild oat grass
6.0

A common wild grass that looks like the oat plant and grows in meadows

Surface Forms

oat singular
oats plural

Etymology

The word oat comes from an old German word that meant the same grain and is like modern German Hafer and Dutch haver. So when you eat oats for breakfast or give them to animals, you are using the same simple name people have used for this food for a very long time.