Oat

Definitions

1. Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.
   uncountable
2. Alternative letter-case form of OAT.
   alt-of
3. Initialism of of all time.
   Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
4. Any of the numerous species, varieties, or cultivars of any of several similar grain plants in genus Avena.
   countable
5. The seeds of the oat, a grain, harvested as a food crop and for animal feed.
   countable, uncountable, usually
6. A simple musical pipe made of oat-straw.
   countable, uncountable
7. The tiniest amount; a whit or jot.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

51 more languages

العربيةالشوفانخرطالدوسرشوفان+ 1 more

Azərbaycan diliyulaf

Беларускаяавёс

Bosanskihaberovasovsenzobzobenзобзобеновасовсен+ 6 more

Catalàcivada

Češtinaovesovesný

Cymraegceirch

Danskhavre

Ελληνικάβρόμηβρώμη

Esperantoaveno

Eestikaer

Euskaraolo

فارسیجو دوسرشوفانیولاف

Suomielokaurakaurakaurainen

Gaeilgecoirce

Gàidhligcoirce

Galegoavea

עבריתשיבולת שועל

हिन्दीजई

Hrvatskihaberovasovsenzobzobenзобзобеновасовсен+ 6 more

Magyarzab

Հայերենվարսակ

Bahasa Indonesiahaver

Íslenskahafri

Italianoavena

日本語オートオートムギからすむぎ烏麦燕麦+ 2 more

ქართულიშვრია

한국어귀리

KurdîZab

Latinaavena

Lietuviųaviža

Latviešuauzas

Македонскиовес

Монголовъёос

Maltiħafur

မြန်မာမြင်းစားဂျုံ

Nederlandshaver

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਜਵੀ

Polskiowiesowsiany

Portuguêsaveia

Românăovăz

Русскийовёс

Slovenščinaoves

Shqiptërshërë

Српскиhaberovasovsenzobzobenзобзобеновасовсен+ 6 more

Svenskahavre

தமிழ்காடைக்கண்ணி

ไทยข้าวโอ๊ตโอ๊ต

Türkçeyulaf

Українськавівсянийовес

Tiếng Việtyến mạch

Examples

“The oat stalks made good straw.”

“The main forms of oat are meal and bran.”

“World trade⟳ in oat is increasing.”

“The wild red oat is thought to be the ancestor of modern food oats.”

“[…]I could munch your good dry Oates. Me-thinkes I haue a great deſire to a bottle of hay: good hay, ſweete hay hath no fellow.”

“The point⟳ is, except in Scotland, people eat⟳ comparatively few oats. Scotland's another story, though you'll have⟳ to decide⟳ how seriously to take⟳ it. The way the story goes is that in eastern Scotland, the unmarried plowmen didn't eat⟳ anything but oats and milk, except for an occasional potato.”

“Few of them care an oat for the niceties of the arrow sport, but for the young lords that may be on a hunt!”

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