n. A breakfast cereal made from rolled oats, cooked in milk and/or water. (porridge in UK)
n. a light greyish brown colour, like that of oatmeal.
adj. Of a light greyish brown colour, like that of oatmeal
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Meal made of oats.
n. A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Meal made from oats. The grain, with the husk removed, is kiln-dried and ground.
n. A mush or porridge prepared from oatmeal.
n. [capitalized] One of a band of riotous profligates who infested the streets of London in the seventeenth century.
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n. porridge made of rolled oats
n. meal made from rolled or ground oats
Word Usage
"The term oatmeal usually refers to rolled oats, made with the whole oat groat (the hulled grain) or with what's called steel-cut oats (the inner portion of the oat, cut into pieces)."