OAT


Meaning of OAT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈōt ]

noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English ote, from Old English āte

Date: before 12th century

1.

a. : any of several grasses (genus Avena ) ; especially : a widely cultivated cereal grass ( A. sativa )

b. : a crop or plot of the oat ; also : the seed of an oat — usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr.

2. archaic : a reed instrument made of an oat straw

- feel one's oats

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