noun
- a cereal grain used as food for humans and animals, or the plant that produces this grain
Usage: typically used in plural form
Examples
- She ate a bowl of oats for breakfast.
- The farmer grew oats in the northern field.
- Horses are often fed oats as part of their diet.
- Steel-cut oats take longer to cook than rolled oats.
- The recipe calls for two cups of rolled oats.
- Wild oats can be found growing in many regions.