oat
/ˈoʊ̯t/ noun B1- Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa. · The oat stalks made good straw.· The main forms of oat are meal and bran.
- Any of the numerous species, varieties, or cultivars of any of several similar grain plants in genus Avena. · The wild red oat is thought to be the ancestor of modern food oats.
- The seeds of the oat, a grain, harvested as a food crop and for animal feed.
- A simple musical pipe made of oat-straw.
- The tiniest amount; a whit or jot.
Plural oats
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The Lion ate some of the porridge, but did not care for it, saying it was made from oats and oats were food for horses, not for lions.
A GROOM used to spend whole days in currycombing and rubbing down his Horse, but at the same time stole his oats and sold them for his own profit.
The Ass was left in a stable and had plenty of oats and hay to eat, just as any other Ass would.
He let the Horse make free with his oats, gave the Ox an abundance of hay, and fed the Dog with meat from his own table.
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