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Definitions: Oatmeal |
OatmealNoun1. Porridge made of rolled oats. 2. Meal used for making porridge e.g. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "oatmeal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1719. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | 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. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Industry | Crepe cloth. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Oatmeal means any crushed oats, rolled oats, or cut oats used in recipes such as oatmeal cookies. The porridge made from this is also called oatmeal. This is a popular breakfast dish.
In Scotland, oatmeal is created by grinding oats into a coarse powder. Various grades are available depending on the thoroughness of the grinding, including Coarse, Pin(head) and Fine oatmeal. The main uses are: as an ingredient in baking; in the manufacture of bannocks or oatcakes; as a stuffing for poultry; as the main ingredient of the Scottish dish, skirlie, or its chip-shop counterpart, the mealy pudding. Occasionally it may be boiled as porridge or gruel. However rolled oats or crushed oats are normally used for this purpose nowadays, since they generally cost less.
Oatmeal is also used in some alcoholic drinks, cosmetics and external medical treatments.
Oatmeal has a long history in Scottish society because oats are better suited to the short, wet growing season in Scotland than wheat is. Hence they became the staple grain of that country.
Samuel Johnson referred, disparagingly, to this in his dictionary definition for oats:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Oatmeal."
Synonyms: OatmealSynonyms: burgoo (n), rolled oats (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Food | Alligator pear, apple; apple slump; artichoke; ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack; atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak; beet root; blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey; chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut. |
Pulpiness | Mush, oatmeal, baby food. |
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Crosswords: Oatmeal |
| English words defined with "oatmeal": Brose ♦ Clapcake, Crowdy ♦ Fig dust, flummery ♦ gruel ♦ haggis, hasty pudding, Haver meal ♦ oatcake, oatmeal cookie ♦ porridge ♦ Skilligalee, skilly, Stirabout. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "oatmeal": Athole Brose ♦ Cakes ♦ HASTY PUDDING ♦ Land of Cakes ♦ Oatmeal ♦ Skillygolee. (references) |
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Screenplays | We've got canned fruits and vegetables, canned fish and meats, hot and cold syrups, Post Toasties, Corn Flakes, Sugar Puffs, Rice Krispies, Oatmeal and Cream of Wheat. (The Shining; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick) Three dollars and two oatmeal delights. (Life with Louie; writing credit: Martin Miehe-Renard; Mette Andersen Ottesen) | |
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 | (7) color slides show a single bowl of cooked hot cereal, oatmeal. (3) with milk, (2) plain, (2) topped with brown sugar or maple syrup.Credit: Renee Comet (photographer). |  | Little Americans, do your bit Eat oatmeal, corn meal mush, [...] Save the wheat for our soldiers - Leave nothing on your plate / / Cushman Parker.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Little Americans, do your bit Eat oatmeal, corn meal mush, [...] Save the wheat for our soldiers - Leave nothing on your plate / / Cushman Parker.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Eat more cornmeal, rye flour, oatmeal, and barley--Save the wheat for the fighters / Adolph Treidler.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Health | Use a colloid oatmeal bath or diphenhydramine for generalized pruritis. (references) | |
Examples are bananas, rice, tapioca, bread, potatoes, applesauce, cheese, smooth peanut butter, yogurt, pasta, and oatmeal. (references) | ||
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| "Oatmeal" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.05% of the time. "Oatmeal" is used about 76 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.05% | 73 | 39,105 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.95% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 76 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "oatmeal": oatmeal cookie ♦ oatmeal porridge. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "oatmeal": oatmeal-coloured, oatmeal-covered, oatmeal-white. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "oatmeal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | qull tërshëre, miell tërshëre, bollgur (grit meal, groats, semolina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | دقيق الشوفان. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | овесено брашно, овесена каша (gruel, oats, porridge, stirabout). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 燕麥粥 , 燕麦粥. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ovesná kaše (gruel, porridge, stirabout). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | oatmeal, havremel (oat meal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | havermeel, farina Avena. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | اردجودوسر, شوربای اردجودوسر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kaurajauho (oat meal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | oatmeal, flocons d'avoine, farine d'avoine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Hafermehl, Haferflocken (oat flakes, oats, rolled oats). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πολτόσ από βρώμη, άλευρο βρώμης, αλεύρι από βρώμη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קמח שבולת שועל. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | zabliszt, zabdara (grits, groats, quaker oats). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | farina d'avena. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | オートマチック車 (autoload, auto-manipulator, automat, automatic camera for detecting and recording speeding vehicles, automatic repeat, automatic return, automatic reverse, automatic transmission car, automation, automaton, automobile, autoracing, auto-raise, awning, ball hit over the head of an outfielder, convertible, eau de toilette, exaggeration, exceeding, going beyond, hors d'oeuvre, OB, ode, old boy, open, open account, open caption, open course, open game, open golf, open sandwich, open side, open system, open toaster, open-air, open-end mortgage, opener, opening, opening game, opening number, orb, orbiter, ornament, out-of-bounds, oven, oven toaster, over, over doctor, over fence, over par, overaction, overall, overblouse, overbooking, overborrowing, overcharge, overcoat, overdraft, overdrive, overdub, overflow, overhand, overhand pass, overhand throw, overhang, overhaul, overhaul net, overhead, overhead pass, overhead projector, overheat, overkill, overlap, overlay, overload, overloading, overloan, overnight, overnight bag, overnight photo service, overpace, overpresence, overproof, override, overrun, overshoes, overskill, overslide, overstep, overtime, overture, overweight, overwork, overwrite, overzone, owner, owner system, owner-driver, owner-pilot, self-locking, water of life). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | オートミール . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | meinn chorkey (porridge oats), lhongey (collation, feed, grub, repast, sustenance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papago | wuhlu-ki'iwia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oatmealay farinha de aveia (obduracy). (various references) fãinã de ovãz. (various references) овсяная каша (porridge), овсяная мука. (various references) ulag (block, block for pulley, oatmeal and water mixed). (various references) outse. (various references) ovsena kaša. (various references) harina de avena. (various references) havremjöl (oat meal). (various references) ข้าวโอ๊ตบดหยาบๆ. (various references) yulaf lapası (gruel), yulaf ezmesi. (various references) вівсяні крупи (grits), вівсянка (cereal, porridge), вівсяне борошно, вівсяна каша (cereal, flummery, stirabout). (various references) bột yến mạch cháo bột yến mạch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "oatmeal": oatmeals. (additional references) | |
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"Oatmeal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: oatmealy, oatmeat. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "oatmeal" (pronounced ō"tmē'l) |
| 3 | -m ē' l | cornmeal, piecemeal. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-l-m-o-t" | |
-1 letter: amatol, malate, meatal, tamale. | |
-2 letters: alamo, alate, amole, metal, motel, tamal. | |
-3 letters: alae, alma, alme, aloe, alto, atma, atom, lama, lame, late, loam, lota, male, malt, mate, meal, meat, melt, meta, moat, mola, mole, molt, mote, olea, tael, tala, tale, tame, teal, team, tela, toea, tola, tole, tome. | |
-4 letters: aal, ala, ale, alt, ama. | |
-5 letters: aa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-l-m-o-t" | |
+1 letter: celomata, meatloaf, metazoal, oatmeals. | |
+2 letters: atemporal, coelomata, comatulae, montadale, myelomata. | |
+3 letters: acoelomate, ameliorate, ameloblast, dermatomal, fathomable, loadmaster, malefactor, meatloaves, melanomata, montadales, mortadella, ornamental, scleromata, stomodaeal. | |
+4 letters: acoelomates, agglomerate, ameliorated, ameliorates, ameliorator, ameloblasts, amoralities, amortizable, automatable, balletomane, biomaterial, declamation, declamatory, emasculator, exclamation, exclamatory, kleptomania, lamentation, loadmasters, malefaction, malefactors, mayoralties, mediational, megaloblast, melanoblast, metalloidal, misallocate, mortadellas, nematocidal, nonmaterial, ornamentals, reclamation. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 61 74 6D 65 61 6C |
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| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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