oat

oat

noun, often attributive \ˈōt\

Definition of OAT

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 singular or plural in construction

2

archaic : a reed instrument made of an oat straw

— feel one's oats

: to act in a newly self-confident and often self-important manner

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Origin of OAT

Middle English ote, from Old English āte

First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with OAT

bloat, boat, coat, cote, dote, float, gloat, goat, groat, haute, moat, mote, note, quote, rote, shoat, stoat, throat, tote, vote