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
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- feel one's oats
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oat 1a
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