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oats
(oʊts)
language note: The form oat is used as a modifier.
1. plural noun
Oats are a cereal crop or its grains, used for making biscuits or a food called porridge, or for feeding animals.
Oats provide good, nutritious food for horses.
...oat bran.
2.
See to sow your wild oats
oats in British English
(əʊts)
plural noun
1.
the seeds or fruits of the grass Avena sativa
Oats can be effective in reducing cholesterol.
Oats provide good, nutritious food for horses.
See also rolled oats, wild oats2. to feel your oats
3. to get your oats
4. to sow your oats
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riceIn other languagesoats
British English: oats /əʊts/ NOUN
Oats are a cereal crop or its grains, used for making porridge or feeding animals.
- American English: oats
- Arabic: شَوَفَانِ
- Brazilian Portuguese: aveia
- Chinese: 燕麦
- Croatian: zob
- Czech: oves
- Danish: havre
- Dutch: haver
- European Spanish: copos de avena
- Finnish: kaura
- French: avoine
- German: Haferflocken
- Greek: βρώμη
- Italian: avena
- Japanese: オート麦
- Korean: 귀리
- Norwegian: havre
- Polish: owies
- European Portuguese: aveia
- Romanian: ovăz
- Russian: овес
- Latin American Spanish: hojuelas de avena
- Swedish: havregryn
- Thai: ข้าวโอ๊ต
- Turkish: yulaf
- Ukrainian: овес
- Vietnamese: yến mạch
Chinese translation of 'oats'
oats
(əuts)
n pl
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燕麦(麥)
(yànmài)