Oatmeal
['əʊtmiːl] or ['ot'mil]
Definition
(noun.) meal made from rolled or ground oats.
(noun.) porridge made of rolled oats.
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Definition
(n.) Meal made of oats.
(n.) A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of eating oatmeal, signifies the enjoyment of worthily earned fortune. For a young woman to dream of preparing it for the table, denotes that she will soon preside over the destiny of others.
Editor: Yvonne
Examples
- It has lately been shown that bees, instead of searching for pollen, will gladly use a very different substance, namely, oatmeal. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- As he wouldn't go away, and shocked the company very much, our overseer sent him out a pound of potatoes and half a pint of oatmeal. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The use of crushing rolls has also developed a great variety of new foods, such as cracked wheat, oatmeal grits, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- When their master has occasion for their labour, he gives them, besides, two pecks of oatmeal a-week, worth about sixteen pence sterling. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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