oat

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a grain from the cereal plant Avena sativa, used as food and animal feed and usually referred to in the plural as oats

   Each oat is protected by a tough outer hull before processing.

2. 2
   noun

   the cereal grass that produces oats, especially the cultivated species Avena sativa

   The farmer planted oat in the cooler field and wheat in the warmer one.

Common collocations

• oat bran Noun + noun

Inherited from Middle English ote and Old English ate, from a Proto-Germanic word probably connected with the idea of swelling or a grain-like nodule. Cognates survive in Scots ait and several other Germanic languages. English usually uses the plural oats for the harvested grain or crop.

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