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Word entry · 3 letters

oat

Best crossword clue

"Cereal grain"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ˈəʊt/Part of speech nounSorted aotStarts with OEnds with T2 cluesCommon crossword word
1O2A3T

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Definitions

  1. seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as ‘oats’)

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English ote, from Old English āte, from Proto-West Germanic *aitā, from Proto-Germanic *aitǭ (“swelling; gland; nodule”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyd- (“to swell”). See English atter (“poison”).

Used in a sentence

  • The oat stalks made good straw.
  • The main forms of oat are meal and bran.
  • World trade in oat is increasing.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Cereal grain3 letters
02Horse feed3 letters

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