oatmeal

noun (oatmeal — uncountable); adjective (oatmeal — a colour)

«oatmeal» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Oats that have been crushed or ground, used to make porridge, oatcakes and biscuits. tree →
(USA, Canada) Hot porridge made from oats. tree →
A pale greyish-brown colour, like oats: an oatmeal jumper. tree →

In the lessons

Everyday food word: oatmeal for breakfast, oatmeal cookies. In science and health: oats give slow energy and fibre. Colour words in shops: oatmeal carpet. Old stories of Scotland and the north of England mention oatmeal as a main food.

Examples

I eat a bowl of oatmeal before school. tree →
Gran makes oatmeal cookies with raisins. tree →
The Scots made oatcakes from oatmeal. tree →
The sofa is an oatmeal colour. tree →
Add milk to the oatmeal and stir. tree →
Oatmeal keeps you full all morning. tree →
So she baked two oatmeal bannocks, and set them on to the fire to harden. tree →

Note

Uncountable: some oatmeal, a bowl of oatmeal. In the UK «porridge» is the cooked dish and «oatmeal» the ground oats; in North America «oatmeal» is used for both.

On Mova

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