Definition of oat Oat
/owˈt/ - [owt] - oat
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What does oat mean?
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NounPlural: oats |
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| oat - annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats') | ||
| cereal grass, cereal a breakfast food prepared from grain | ||
| avena, genus avena oats | ||
| avena sativa, cereal oat widely cultivated in temperate regions for its edible grains | ||
| avena fatua, wild oat, wild oat grass common in meadows and pastures | ||
| avena barbata, slender wild oat oat of southern Europe and southwestern Asia | ||
| oat - seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats') | ||
| food grain, cereal, grain a breakfast food prepared from grain | ||
| avena sativa, cereal oat widely cultivated in temperate regions for its edible grains | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- oat (n.)
A well-known cereal grass (Avena sativa), and its edible grain; -- commonly used in the plural and in a collective sense. - oat (n.)
A musical pipe made of oat straw.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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oat
A species of grass (Avena sativa) grown for its seed.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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oat
ōt (oftener in pl. Oats, ōts), n. a well-known grassy plant, the seeds of which are much used as food: its seeds: a musical pipe of oat-straw: a shepherd's pipe, pastoral song generally.—n. Oat′cake, a thin broad cake made of oatmeal.—adj. Oat′en, consisting of an oat stem or straw: made of oatmeal.—ns. Oat′-grass, two species of oat, useful more as fodder than for the seed; Oat′meal, meal made of oats.—Sow one's wild oats, to indulge in the usual youthful dissipations. [A.S. áta, pl. átan.]
Wikipedia 
- Oats are a type of cereal grain. People use them as food for themselves and other animals, for example, chickens and horses. Oatmeal is made from oats. Oat straw is used as bedding for animals.
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🔤- oat, noun, singular of oats.
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