oats

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• Rhymes: -əʊts

oats (plural oats)

1. plural of oat
2. (plural only, uncountable) A mass of oat plants (genus Avena, especially Avena sativa).

   Oats are in the north corner of the farm.

   Usually oats is last in a rotation and does not get the fertilizer that other feed grains get.

3. (plural only, uncountable) Seeds of an oat plant, especially prepared as food.

   Oats is a heart-healthy breakfast food.

   Oats are good for you.

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• (Cereals) cereal; barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, triticale, wheat

• feel one's oats
• sow one's wild oats

• OTAs, SOTA, Sato, Sota, Taos, Tsao, as to, oast, stoa, taos, toas, tosa