OAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oat mean? 

• OAT (noun)
  The noun OAT has 2 senses:

1. annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: 'oats')

2. seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as 'oats')

  Familiarity information: OAT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: 'oats')

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("oat" is a kind of...):

cereal; cereal grass (grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oat"):

Avena sativa; cereal oat (widely cultivated in temperate regions for its edible grains)

Avena fatua; wild oat; wild oat grass (common in meadows and pastures)

Avena barbata; slender wild oat (oat of southern Europe and southwestern Asia)

animated oat; Avene sterilis; wild red oat (Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat)

Holonyms ("oat" is a member of...):

Avena; genus Avena (oats)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as 'oats')

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("oat" is a kind of...):

cereal; food grain; grain (foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Holonyms ("oat" is a part of...):

Avena sativa; cereal oat (widely cultivated in temperate regions for its edible grains)

 Context examples 

Very likely some Mrs. Grundy will observe, "I don't believe it, boys will be boys, young men must sow their wild oats, and women must not expect miracles."

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Oats in their tongue are called hlunnh.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

While otherwise avoiding peanut throughout the trial, 95 participants received gradually increasing daily doses of peanut protein up to 4 grams, and 25 participants received daily placebo oat flour OIT.

(Few people with peanut allergy tolerate peanut after stopping oral immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)

The Lion ate some of the porridge, but did not care for it, saying it was made from oats and oats were food for horses, not for lions.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

The most common associations are tumors of the bronchus (oat cell or carcinoid), thymic tumors (epithelial or carcinoid), and pancreatic endocrine tumor.

(Ectopic ACTH Secretion Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Colloidal oatmeal, whole oats milled to a fine powder, with anti-pruritic activity.

(Oatmeal Powder, NCI Thesaurus)

Phenolic acids are found in a wide range of plant-based foods, including whole grains, blueberries, citrus fruits, oats and rice.

(Diet Rich in Coffee, Fruits, Vegetables Can Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer by 65%, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A digestive disease that is caused by an immune response to a protein called gluten, which is found in wheat, rye, barley, and oats.

(Celiac Disease, NCI Dictionary)

The study shows how the consumption of the cereal-based bread, which contains a variety of flours (wheat, oats, and spelt) and contains 22% dried fruit (figs, apricots, raisins), sates the appetite more than standard breads and alleviates hunger in healthy adults.

(Researchers reveal potential of bread that suppresses appetite, University of Granada)

The horse immediately ordered a white mare servant of his family to bring me a good quantity of oats in a sort of wooden tray.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)