groats

[grohts]

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.

2. hulled kernels of oats, buckwheat, or barley.

groats

/ ɡrəʊts /

plural noun

1. the hulled and crushed grain of oats, wheat, or certain other cereals

2. the parts of oat kernels used as food

Word History and Origins

Origin of groats¹

before 1100; Middle English grotes (plural), Old English grot meal; akin to grits

Word History and Origins

Origin of groats¹

Old English grot particle; related to grota fragment, as in meregrota pearl; see _grit , _grout