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# oat

«oat» in Mova's school dictionary: **A kind of cereal plant grown for its grain** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (oats — usually plural; oat as an adjective: oat milk)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A kind of cereal plant grown for its grain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oat/#m1)

2) (oats) The grains of this plant, used to make porridge, oatcakes, flapjacks and muesli, and to feed horses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oat/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health and food lessons, oats are a healthy wholegrain food that gives slow energy. In science, oats are a crop that grows in cool, damp places. Phrases: «porridge oats», «rolled oats», «oat milk», «sow your wild oats».

### examples

- I have porridge oats for breakfast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oat/#x1)
- Horses love oats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oat/#x2)
- We made flapjacks with oats and honey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oat/#x3)
- Oats grow well in Scotland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oat/#x4)
- My friend drinks oat milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oat/#x5)
- Oats keep you full until lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oat/#x6)
- "Look," said the Wolf, "here's a fine field of oats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oat/#x7)

### note

Usually used in the plural: «oats». As an adjective it is «oat»: «oat milk», «oat biscuits». Oatmeal (US) = porridge oats.

### In the corpora

- [Bread fills ducks with little goodness and rotting leftovers dirty the pond; oats, peas, sweetcorn or duck food are better.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/16/)
- [Real ducks are better off with peas and oats, and a swan just wants you to give it space.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice/5/)
- [Whole grains such as oats and wholemeal bread give energy that lasts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «oat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.