oat·meal

[oht-meel, -meel]
noun
1.
meal made from ground or rolled oats.
2.
a cooked breakfast food made from this.
3.
a grayish-fawn color.
adjective
4.
made with or containing oatmeal: oatmeal cookies.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see oat, meal2

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oatmeal (ˈəʊtˌmiːl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  meal ground from oats, used for making porridge, oatcakes, etc
2.  a.  a greyish-yellow colour
 b.  (as adjective): an oatmeal coat

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Word Origin & History

oatmeal
1393, from oat (q.v.) + M.E. mele (see meal (2)).
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Example sentences
Oats are used mainly as livestock feed, but also go into oatmeal and other
  breakfast cereals.
Granola is basically an oatmeal cookie in cereal form.
Use leftover oatmeal in these moist, nourishing muffins.
Instant oatmeal is processed similarly to quick oatmeal through the steaming
  stage.
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