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oatsoats /əʊts $ oʊts/ noun [plural]  oatsOrigin: Old English ate (singular) - As invaders from the United States began to rove the valley, they helped complete the oats conquest.
- Besides wheat, the program will aid growers of crops like oats or barley who use their land for grazing.
- If you can not get oat or rice bran, try substituting rolled oats.
- Not particularly appetizing, but not necessarily enough to put you off your oats, either.
- She dressed her makeshift altar with a necklace of twisted corn, two jam-jars stuffed with bouquets of oats and barley.
- The oats price is weaker than that for wheat, reflecting the current poor market for oats generally.
- The pigeons, puffed, sullen, full of oats and spring thoughts, kept their distance.
- Wheat and rye and barley and oats ripened in the sun.
► Cropsalfalfa, nounarable, adjectivebarley, nounbran, nouncacao, nouncanker, nouncash crop, nouncassava, nouncereal, nouncocoa, nouncorn, nouncrop, nouncrop-dusting, nouncrop rotation, nouncrop-spraying, nouncultivate, verbcultivated, adjectivecultivation, nouncultivator, noundrill, noundrill, verbear, nounfertilize, verbfertilizer, nounfield corn, noungerminate, verbglean, verbgrain, noungranary, noungrower, nounharvest, nounharvest, verbharvester, nounhay, nounhayloft, nounhaystack, nounhorticulture, nounkernel, nounlift, verbmaize, nounmalt, nounmarket garden, nounmillet, nounoats, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveplant, verbplantation, nounpotato, nounproduce, nounpropagate, verbprune, verbreap, verbrice, nounrice paddy, nounripe, adjectiveroot crop, nounrotate, verbrye, nounryegrass, nounscion, nounseason, nounseed, verbseedbed, nounsheaf, nounsisal, nounsorghum, nounsow, verbsprout, nounstraw, nounstubble, nounsugar beet, nountaro, nountill, verbtillage, noununripe, adjectivevegetable, nounvineyard, nounviticulture, nounwheat, nounwindfall, nounwinnow, verb ADJECTIVE► wild· Some sowing of wild oats is approved of, indeed positively welcomed in certain circles and settings.· Sons sow wild oats and daughters risk being ruined.· He's sown all his wild oats. NOUN► porridge· Margaret fed me porridge oats dusty with salt.· Crush the cornflakes and mix with the porridge oats, then sprinkle over the fruit. VERB► roll· If you can not get oat or rice bran, try substituting rolled oats. the grain from which flour or oatmeal is made and that is used in cooking, or in food for animals → sow your wild oats at sow1(3) |