groat

1 of 2

noun (1)

ˈgrōt 

1

usually plural in form but singular or plural in construction : hulled grain broken into fragments larger than grits

2

: a grain (as of oats) exclusive of the hull

groat

2 of 2

noun (2)

: an old British coin worth four pennies

Examples of groat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

They are made by chopping oat groats into smaller pieces and have a chewy texture. —Jillian Kubala, Health, 6 Oct. 2025

The remaining kernel is known as the groat, says Leslie Bonci, a sports dietitian for the Kansas City Chiefs and founder of Active Eating Advice. —Daryl Austin, USA Today, 9 May 2025

Compared to steel-cut oats (Irish or Scottish), oats groats (whole grain seed with the husk removed) have been chopped or sliced into smaller pieces. —Karina Tolentino, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024

Oats Old-fashioned oats are made from rolling whole oat kernels or groats. —Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2024

Commercial oat flour is made by milling oat groats, which are oat berries with their husks removed. —Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2024

Add groats and toast, shaking and tossing often and adjusting heat as needed, until crisp and light golden brown, 2 to 4 minutes. —Joy Cho, Good Housekeeping, 8 Aug. 2023

There are six very high oxalate foods: spinach, rhubarb, rice bran, buckwheat groats, almonds and miso soup -- don’t eat those. —Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 4 May 2023

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English grotes, going back to Old English grotan, masculine weak plural, presumably a variant of the neuter noun grot "particle, whit" (also glossing Latin pollis "finely ground flour"), probably going back to Germanic *gruta-, noun derivative of *greutan- "to grind, crush" — more at grit entry 1

Note: Old English grotan is corrected from the manuscript form gratan, which occurs only once. Forms in other Germanic languages directly comparable to *gruta- appear to be lacking.

Noun (2)

Middle English groot, from Middle Dutch

First Known Use

Noun (1)

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for groat

• bloat
• boat
• choate
• coat
• cote
• dote
• float
• gloat
• goat
• haute
• moat
• mote

Kids Definition

groat

1 of 2 noun

ˈgrōt 

1

: hulled grain broken into fragments larger than grits

—usually used in plural

buckwheat groats

2

: a grain (as of oats) without the hull

groat

2 of 2 noun

: a formerly used British coin worth four pennies

Etymology

Noun

Old English grotan, plural of grot

Noun

Middle English groot "coin"; of Dutch origin