oat

IPA: ˈoʊt

(uncountable) Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.
(countable) Any of the numerous species, varieties, or cultivars of any of several similar grain plants in genus Avena.
(usually as plural) The seeds of the oat, a grain, harvested as a food crop.
A simple musical pipe made of oat-straw.
The tiniest amount; a whit or jot.

Examples of "oat" in Sentences

The sides of your oat should be about 1/3 inch tall.
My son, Gengis, choked on his chocolate-raisin oat meal.
The oat is a hardy grain, and is suited to climates too hot and too cold either for wheat or rye.
The positive news about the health benefits of oat is getting more and more known amongst consumers.
= -- The oat is the seed of a cereal grass, _Avena sativa_ being the species almost always cultivated.
I put together a blend which I aptly named "Rider's Cereal Blend" which consisted of Artisanal Cereal blend base (multigrain oat bran, rye, spelt, barley, amarath and wheat germ) cacao nibs, granola, goji berries and pumpkin seeds.
His gibe at the Scots in his definition of the word oat as 'a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people, 'was well answered by a Scot with:' And where will you find such horses or such men? '