1
a
: meal made from oats
b
: rolled oats
2
: porridge made from ground or rolled oats
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Stock your freezer with veggies to stir-fry and eat on top of brown rice, or frozen berries to top your oatmeal.
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Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 8 Oct. 2025
Add apples to sweet and savory dishes like salads, pies, oatmeal, and grain bowls, or pair them with nuts for an easy and filling snack.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 Oct. 2025
The same oatmeal color is seen here is also available in a few other calming colors like clean white or olive green.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
Hyaluronic acid plumps, colloidal oatmeal soothes, and tea extracts provide skin with antioxidants.
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Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 8 Oct. 2025
Add apples to sweet and savory dishes like salads, pies, oatmeal, and grain bowls, or pair them with nuts for an easy and filling snack.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 Oct. 2025
The same oatmeal color is seen here is also available in a few other calming colors like clean white or olive green.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
Hyaluronic acid plumps, colloidal oatmeal soothes, and tea extracts provide skin with antioxidants.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for oatmeal
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“Oatmeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oatmeal. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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oatmeal
noun
oat·meal
ˈōt-ˌmēl 
ōt-ˈmē(ə)l
1
: oats husked and ground into meal or flattened into flakes
2
: a hot cereal made from oatmeal
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