oats
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English
Pronunciation
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈoʊts/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊts/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊts
Noun
oats
Noun
oats sg or pl
- A mass of oat plants (genus Avena, especially Avena sativa).
- Oats are in the north corner of the farm.
- Usually oats is last in a rotation and does not get the fertilizer that other feed grains get.
- Seeds of an oat plant, especially prepared as food.
- Oats is a heart-healthy breakfast food.
- Oats are good for you.
Usage notes
For millennia, oats were wrongly believed to be a degenerate form of another grain. This contempt may underlie Samuel Johnson's infamous definition in his 1755 A Dictionary of the English Language
A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- (Cereals) cereal; barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, teff, triticale, wheat
Derived terms
Translations
seeds of an oat plant
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