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Oatmeal definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OATMEAL, n.
1. Meal of oats produced by grinding or pounding.
2. A plant. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: porridge made of rolled oats [syn: oatmeal, burgoo]
2: meal made from rolled or ground oats [syn: oatmeal, rolled oats]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century 1. a. meal made from oats b. rolled oats 2. porridge made from ground or rolled oats

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 meal made from ground oats used esp. in porridge and oatcakes. 2 a greyish-fawn colour flecked with brown .

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Oatmeal Oat"meal`, n. 1. Meal made of oats. --Gay. 2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Oatmeal is a kind of flour made by crushing oats. ...oatmeal biscuits. N-UNCOUNT: oft N n 2. Oatmeal is a thick sticky food made from oats cooked in water or milk and eaten hot, especially for breakfast. (mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use porridge) = porridge

Moby Thesaurus

breakfast food, cereal, cornflakes, dry cereal, farina, frumenty, grits, gruel, hasty pudding, hominy grits, hot cereal, kasha, loblolly, millet, mush, porridge, puffed rice, puffed wheat, rolled oats, wheatflakes