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oatmeal

  • noun
  • oat·meal
  • /ˈoʊtmil/

Meal made from rolled or round oats.

Other meanings

  1. A breakfast cereal made from rolled oats, cooked in milk or water.

  2. A light greyish brown colour, like that of oatmeal.

A kind of

  • porridge

Related words

  • oatmealish
  • oatmealy
  • oatmeal cake
  • pinhead oatmeal
  • oatmeal paper
  • oatmeal cookie
  • oatmeal soap
  • oatmeal water

Example sentences

  • “I made some oatmeal if you want some.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "otemele".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “oatmeal” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.