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 →

2) (oats) The grains of this plant, used to make porridge, oatcakes, flapjacks and muesli, and to feed horses. tree →

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 →
• Horses love oats. tree →
• We made flapjacks with oats and honey. tree →
• Oats grow well in Scotland. tree →
• My friend drinks oat milk. tree →
• Oats keep you full until lunch. tree →
• "Look," said the Wolf, "here's a fine field of oats. tree →

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.
• Real ducks are better off with peas and oats, and a swan just wants you to give it space.
• Whole grains such as oats and wholemeal bread give energy that lasts.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «oat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.