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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Residents of John O' Groats felt they had been unfairly targeted.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2025
In 2021, Costa ran the length of the United Kingdom in 39 days, starting in John O’ Groats, Scotland, and finishing in Land’s End at the southern tip of England.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024
The West Felton resident said he had been on "a journey of rediscovery" since his injury and in June 2021 he kayaked from Land's End to John O' Groats with a team of adaptive adventurers.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2023
Toasted Buckwheat Groats with Fresh Sheep Cheese and Pickled Rhubarb Buckwheat groats are the hulled seeds of the plant.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2022
His “Twenty Millions of Money” echoed from mouth to mouth, from Land’s End to John o’ Groats.
From World's End A Story in Three Books by Jefferies, Richard
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