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Oat

/əʊt/

Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.

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noun

1
Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.
"The main forms of oat are meal and bran."
2
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."
3
(usually as plural) The seeds of the oat, a grain, harvested as a food crop.
4
A simple musical pipe made of oat-straw.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Oat"

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Word	Definition
oatmealnoun	A breakfast cereal made from rolled oats, cooked in milk and/or water.
cornnoun	(Commonwealth, but not Australia or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
brannoun	The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
grainnoun	(uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
phytochromenoun	(biochemistry) Any of a class of pigments that control most photomorphogenic responses in higher plants
alonoun	Alternative form of Haloa (“Attic festival”). [(historical) An Attic festival, celebrated principally at Eleusis, in honour of Demeter, Dionysus, and Poseidon.]
taonoun	(by extension) The art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing.
tribunalnoun	(law) An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.
animated oatnoun	Avena sterilis, a species of grass weed with edible seeds.
wild oatsnoun	Oats of non-cultivated species of Avena, a genus of grasses.
oat grassnoun	Any of various grasses resembling oats:
oatgrassnoun	Any of various grasses resembling oats:
wild oatnoun	common in meadows and pastures
naked oatnoun	Avena nuda, a grass with edible seeds.
black oatnoun	The edible seeds of the grass
sterile oatnoun	Animated oat, wild red oat, or winter wild oat (Avena sterilis).
oatstrawnoun	Straw from the oat plant.
black oat grassnoun	Piptochaetium avenaceum, a species of bunchgrass.
ricenoun	(uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.
aegilopsnoun	(obsolete) Goatgrass (Aegilops spp.) or other grass found as a corn-weed.