oats

Noun

• annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
• seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats')
• plural of oat
• A mass of oat plants (genus Avena, especially Avena sativa).
• Seeds of an oat plant, especially prepared as food.

Examples

• Oats are good for you.
• Oats are in the north corner of the farm.
• Oats is a heart-healthy breakfast food.
• Usually oats is last in a rotation and does not get the fertilizer that other feed grains get.

Synonyms

oat, haver

Related Words

oaten