oat
adjective/əʊt/
/əʊt/
[only before noun]- made from or containing oats
- oat cakes
- oat bran
Word OriginOld English āte, plural ātan, of unknown origin. Unlike other names of cereals (such as wheat, barley, etc.), oat is not an uncountable noun and may originally have denoted the individual grain, which may imply that oats were eaten in grains and not as meal.Want to learn more?
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