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oats

The correct spelling is oats.

How to pronounce oats

/ˈəʊts/
noun

IPA: /ˈəʊts/

Say it like: Oat-s

The correct spelling is oats. Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa. For example: "The main forms of oat are meal and bran."

Usage Examples

The main forms of oat are meal and bran.

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

Oats are in the north corner of the farm.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.
  2. 2.Any of the numerous species, varieties, or cultivars of any of several similar grain plants in genus Avena.
  3. 3.(usually as plural) The seeds of the oat, a grain, harvested as a food crop.
  4. 4.A simple musical pipe made of oat-straw.
  5. 5.A mass of oat plants (genus Avena, especially Avena sativa).

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