Word: Oat
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Old English āte, plural ātan, of unknown origin. Unlike other names of cereals (such as wheat, barley, etc.), oat is not a mass noun and may originally have denoted the individual grain, which may imply that oats were eaten in grains and not as meal
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əʊt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an Old World cereal plant with a loose, branched cluster of florets, cultivated in cool climates and widely used for animal feed.
Short Definition:Old World cereal plant with loose, branched cluster of florets
Definition:
an oat stem used as a musical pipe by shepherds, especially in pastoral or bucolic poetry.
Short Definition:oat stem used as musical pipe by shepherds
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