oat

oʊt

oat: small cereal grain eaten for breakfast or baking

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Definition of oat - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

agriculturesmall cereal grain eaten for breakfast or baking

She sprinkled oat on her yogurt for breakfast..

cereal

crop

grain

plantcereal plant cultivated for its edible grain

Farmers grow oat in fields for its grain..

cereal

crop

grain

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small cereal grain eaten for breakfast or baking
cereal plant cultivated for its edible grain

Expressions with oat

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oat milk

non-dairy milk made from oats

Oat milk is popular in coffee shops.

oat-flakes

breakfast cereal made from rolled oats

He enjoys oat-flakes with milk for breakfast.

animated oat

oat grain depicted with human-like features or movements in animation

The animated oat danced across the screen in the children's show..

oat flour

fine powder made from ground oats used in cooking or baking

She replaced half the wheat flour with oat flour in the recipe.

oat opera

television or radio drama series about rural life

She loves watching the oat opera set in a small farming town.

wild oat grass

weed that competes with crops

Farmers struggle to control wild oat grass in their wheat fields.

Origin of oat

Old English, āte (wild cereal)

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ait

scotland

oat in Scottish dialect

animated oat

characteristic in animation

oat grain depicted with human-like features or movements in animation

groats

food

edible parts of oat kernels used as food

oaten

adj.

composition

made of oats or oat straw

Examples of oat in a sentence

Oat is a common ingredient in granola bars.
Oat is often used to make porridge.
The horse was fed a diet of oat.

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French:avoine, grains d'avoine, ...
German:Hafer, ...
Italian:chicco d'avena, ...
Spanish:avena, ...
Portuguese:aveia, ...
Chinese:燕麦, 燕麦植物, ...
Japanese:オートムギの粒, オートムギ, ...
Arabic:شُوفَان, ...
Hebrew:שִׁבֹּלֶת שׁוּעָל, ...
Russian:овсяное зерно, овёс, ...
Ukrainian:овес, ...
Hindi:जई, जई का पौधा, ...
Bengali:ওট, ওট গাছ, ...
Catalan:civada, planta de civada, ...
Czech:oves, ...
Danish:havre, havreplante, ...
Dutch:haver, ...
Greek:βρώμη, φυτό βρώμης, ...
Hungarian:zab, ...
Khmer:ស្រូវអូត, រុក្ខជាតិអូត, ...
Korean:귀리, ...
Persian:جو دوسر, ...
Polish:owies, ...
Portuguese (BR):aveia, ...
Romanian:ovăz, plantă de ovăz, ...
Swedish:havre, ...
Thai:ข้าวโอ๊ต, พืชข้าวโอ๊ต, ...
Turkish:yulaf, ...
Vietnamese:yến mạch, cây yến mạch, ...

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