oatmeal

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   oats that have been ground, cut, or rolled for use as food

   The recipe uses oatmeal instead of flour for a coarse texture.

2. 2
   noun

   a soft breakfast dish made by cooking oats in water or milk

   She stirred berries and honey into her oatmeal.

From Middle English otemele, a compound of ote, "oat," and mele, "meal or coarsely ground grain." The word first denoted the prepared grain and later, especially in North American English, the cooked porridge made from it.

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