oatmeal
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++oat·meal /ˈəʊtmiːl $ ˈoʊt-/ noun [uncountable] 1. DF British English crushed oats used in cooking, especially for making biscuits or porridge 燕麦片2. American EnglishDFF a soft breakfast food made by boiling crushed oats 燕麦片粥 SYN British English porridge3. a light brown colour 浅棕色，淡棕色
Examples from the Corpus
oatmeal• The grits are good too, as mild as oatmeal, but buttery, and full of body.• The walls were stippled with some kind of wartime stucco that had the texture of dried oatmeal.• For her Christmas dinner Ellen brought her a bowl of oatmeal gruel.• Standing, I sample a bowl of oatmeal.• He was of medium height and was wearing a baggy and very creased cotton suit the colour of oatmeal.• Like cream on top of oatmeal, these layers have resisted homogenization throughout their long history.• Serve in whiskey tumblers, topped with remaining oatmeal.• She ate something, gave Ollie some oatmeal and softened toast, cleaned him up, washed her face and hands.oat·meal nounChineseSyllable
Corpus for making biscuits cooking, oats in used crushed especially
oatmeal
oat‧meal /ˈəʊtmiːl $ ˈoʊt-/
noun [uncountable]
1. British English crushed oats used in cooking, especially for making biscuits or porridge
2. American English a soft breakfast food made by boiling crushed oats
SYN porridge British English
3. a light brown colour
oat‧meal /ˈəʊtmiːl $ ˈoʊt-/
noun [uncountable]1. British English crushed oats used in cooking, especially for making biscuits or porridge
2. American English a soft breakfast food made by boiling crushed oats
SYN porridge British English
3. a light brown colour