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oats

noun [plural]
 
 
/əʊts/ US  /oʊts/

Definition

a plant that is a type of grass, or its grain used in baking and cooking or to feed animals: a field of oats rolled oats (= oats that have been pressed flat) porridge oats These biscuits contain oats.CerealsAnimal food
(Definition of oats noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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