oats
Because it is a word with a single syllable, oats is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofoats
- Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.
Example: "The main forms of oat are meal and bran."
- Any of the numerous species, varieties, or cultivars of any of several similar grain plants in genus Avena.
Example: "The wild red oat is thought to be the ancestor of modern food oats."
- (usually as plural) The seeds of the oat, a grain, harvested as a food crop.
- A simple musical pipe made of oat-straw.
- A mass of oat plants (genus Avena, especially Avena sativa).
Example: "Oats are in the north corner of the farm."
- Seeds of an oat plant, especially prepared as food.
Example: "Oats are good for you."
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