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Definition of 'oat'

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

  • (uncountable) Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa .
  • The oat stalks made good straw.
    The main forms of oat are meal and bran.
    World trade in oat is increasing.
  • (countable) Any of the numerous species, varieties, or cultivars of any of several similar grain plants in genus Avena .
  • The wild red oat''' is thought to be the ancestor of modern food '''oats .
  • (usually|as plural) The seeds of the oat, harvested as a food crop.
  • Derived terms

    * animated oat * oatmeal * rolled oats (rel-mid3) * be off one's oats * feel one's oats (rel-mid3) * sow one's wild oats * wild red oat (rel-bottom)

    See also

    * bran

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    Similar to 'oat'

    out, owt, oot, ott