oatmeal
[oht-meel, -meel]
- meal made from ground or rolled oats.
- a cooked breakfast food made from this.
- a grayish-fawn color.
- made with or containing oatmeal: oatmeal cookies.
Origin of oatmeal
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Contemporary Examples
But will forgoing your morning oatmeal really lead to a leaner body and better athletic performance?
The oatmeal is served with brown sugar, butter and cream, blueberries and raisins.
Oatmeal is made with extra-thick-cut Snoqualmie Falls oats, which pack a deep-roasted flavor.
In her cramped kitchen she mashed pork fat with oatmeal and sculpted a loaf, which she fried up in patties.
Have a small bowl of cereal with milk, nuts, pretzels, oatmeal, fresh fruit, whole grain crackers or air-popped popcorn.
Historical Examples
Then add, by degrees, the oatmeal; stir until it forms a paste.
The Skilful CookMary Harrison
When boiling, sprinkle in the oatmeal, stirring all the time.
The Skilful CookMary Harrison
They cannot compare favourably with children fed on oatmeal, maize, and milk.
The Skilful CookMary Harrison
The liquor in which meat has been boiled makes an excellent soup for the poor, by adding to it vegetables, oatmeal, or peas.
Horace was even glummer than ever, as soggy as his own oatmeal.
In a Little TownRupert Hughes
oatmeal
- meal ground from oats, used for making porridge, oatcakes, etc
- a greyish-yellow colour
- (as adjective)an oatmeal coat
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Word Origin and History for oatmeal
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