noun
oat
OHT
noun
1
A cereal grass grown for its edible grain.
"Farmers planted oat in the north field this year."
2
The grain of this plant, used as food or animal feed (usually plural: oats).
"She sprinkled oat flakes over her yoghurt."
How to Use Oat
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA grain crop, or the grain itself, commonly eaten as porridge or used in baking.
Common pairings
oat milk
oat flour
rolled oats
Word Forms
oats plural
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Etymology
From Old English ate, tracing back through Proto-Germanic to a root meaning "to swell" — likely referring to the swelling grain.