groats
Americannoun
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hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
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hulled kernels of oats, buckwheat, or barley.
plural noun
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the hulled and crushed grain of oats, wheat, or certain other cereals
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the parts of oat kernels used as food
Etymology
Origin of groats
before 1100; Middle English grotes (plural), Old English grot meal; akin to grits
Example Sentences
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As if California were to suddenly become akin to Enver Hoxha’s Albania and Brin would be forced to take meals of beetroot and groats in the collective’s cafeteria.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
Her salads run the gamut—apple with pecorino, lentils and radicchio; blueberry with oat groats, chicories and buttermilk; raw cabbage with ground cherries, cilantro, pepitas and lime.
From Salon • May 31, 2025
Compared to that, the emotional climax is a bowl of cold groats.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023
Shipping containers of Russian items - groats, weightlifting shoes, crypto mining gear, even pillows - arrive at U.S. ports almost every day.
From Washington Times • Aug. 25, 2022
Unfortunately, for the next two weeks beans have been substituted for oatmeal or groats.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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