oatmeal

[ oht-meel, -meel ]
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noun
  1. meal made from ground or rolled oats.

  2. a cooked breakfast food made from this.

  1. a grayish-fawn color.

adjective
  1. made with or containing oatmeal: oatmeal cookies.

Origin of oatmeal

1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at oat, meal2

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British Dictionary definitions for oatmeal

oatmeal

/ (ˈəʊtˌmiːl) /


noun
  1. meal ground from oats, used for making porridge, oatcakes, etc

    • a greyish-yellow colour

    • (as adjective): an oatmeal coat

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