the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Consisting of an oat straw or stem.
adj. Made of oatmeal.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Made of the stem of the oat.
Made of oats or oatmeal: as, oaten bread.
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adj. of or related to or derived from oats
Word Usage
"The sun had far descended, and I still sat on the shore, satisfying my appetite, which had become ravenous, with an oaten cake, when I saw a fishing-boat land close to me, and one of the men brought me a packet; it contained letters from"