oat
/ɔːt/ · oat
noun
- A grain used to make oatmeal, oat flour, or as animal feed. She cooked oatmeal with milk and honey for breakfast.
- A type of grass, Avena sativa, that produces edible seeds. The oat fields were harvested in the fall.
- A unit of measurement, especially in the UK, equal to one-sixteenth of a quarter of a ton. The farmer sold his oats at the market.
Did you know? Oats are a cool-season crop, meaning they grow best in the cooler temperatures of spring or fall, and are often used as a cover crop to prevent soil erosion.