Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of oat.
- n. Seeds of an oat plant.
Examples
“As the American Dietetic Association explains, the fiber in oats helps lower cholesterol levels and regulate blood sugar, decreasing your risk of heart disease and stroke.”
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“Stir in oats and cook until desired consistency is reached, about 1 to 3 minutes.”
“Skip the tacos and eat breakfast! mix ground goose with some ground pork, sage, pepper, salt, pan fry and have with eggs! the wife said "heck this would make good meatloaf" so we mixed in oats, egg, ground horseradish, chopped carrots (gotta get them veggies in), worchester and ketchup!”
“Mix in oats, then with a rubber spatula fold in the chocolate chips, walnuts, coconut and raisins.”
“It tasted like a stick of butter rolled in oats, and despite my best intentions, I loved it.”
“Mix in oats and rice krispies, then stir in chocolate chips, coconut and walnuts until everything is well-distributed.”
“Corn, barley, maize, rice, rye, soya and wheat are uncountable, while cereals, peas, beans, lentils and oats are countable (oats is a plurale tantum; the word that has singular and plural forms is oatflake (s)).”
“Transfer to a bowl and knead in oats and toasted coconut until combined well.”
“LDKnight1: I suppose we can wrap him in oats and sell him as breakfast food.”
“With wheat, I think it is something like twenty percent, and right along the line except, perhaps, in oats which we grow principally in my own country, Scotland, but all along the line, we can only produce a comparatively small percentage of those products which we require for consumption, both in the homes and on the farms, for feeding stock.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘oats’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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AGRI - horse breeding
place bet, Przewalski's horse, piaffe, genus Claviceps, stadium jumping, draft animal, snaffle bit, noseband, equestrian sport, endurance riding, curb bit, dressage and 678 more...
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Lace
Terms pertaining to lace and lace-making. Patterns, tools, types, styles, stitches.
bone lace, pillow lace, point, needlelace, bobbin lace, bones, bobbin, linen thread, hand-lacemaking, lace pillow, bobbinet, lacemakers' guild and 256 more...
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Oats
avener, avenor, avenary, potato-oat, haver, haver-grass, haverbread, havercake, avercake, oats, groats, rolled oats and 51 more...
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Pluralia Tantum
Nouns that are common in plural form but are non-existent or rarely used in singular form.
scissors, thanks, clothes, remains, tights, trousers, pants, news, billiards, means, mathematics, physics and 221 more...
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The O.U.P. Junior Dictionary Death Row
Another news story about words being removed from a dictionary before their time. See also the list of words added to the dictionary.
carol, cracker, holly, ivy, mistletoe, dwarf, elf, goblin, abbey, aisle, altar, bishop and 137 more...
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Food
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spaghetti, yogurt, muesli, rarebit, wheat, cream, cheese, pumpkin, custard, couscous, oats, sausage and 237 more...
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Next!
salvific, redemptive, salvic, roil, changeling, barrow, burro, sow, swath, haymow, shock, sheaves and 190 more...
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colours
ochre, umbra, mauve, beige, avocado, honey, sand, brick, lime, brass, ruby, straw and 2 more...
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Things that Roll, Things One Rolls, o...
alabama, jordan, burrito, wheel, tootsie, onion, kaiser, fat, sushi, california, stones, joint and 47 more...
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the rain of grain
stays mainly in ..........
rye, millet, wheat, quinoa, amaranth, caryopsis, barley, rice, brinjarry, sorghum, kaoliang, acrospire and 36 more...
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Cockney rhyming slang
"Rhyming slang is a form of slang in which a word is replaced by a rhyming word, typically the second word of a two-word phrase (so stairs becomes "apples and pears"). The second word is then often...
Tweets
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punkin Cockney slang: oats (and barley) = charlie (cocaine). Aug 16, 2009
garyth123 how dr j defined this word – oh very droll Dec 13, 2008