Oat vs Owt - What's the difference?
oat | owt |
(uncountable) Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa .
(countable) Any of the numerous species, varieties, or cultivars of any of several similar grain plants in genus Avena .
(usually, as plural) The seeds of the oat, harvested as a food crop.
(Northern England) anything
(Northern England) anything
As nouns the difference between oat and owt
is that oat is (uncountable) widely cultivated cereal grass, typically avena sativa while owt is (northern england) anything.As a pronoun owt is
(northern england) aught, anything.As an adverb owt is
(northern england) anything.oat
English
(wikipedia oat)Noun
- The oat stalks made good straw.
- The main forms of oat are meal and bran.
- World trade in oat is increasing.
- The wild red oat''' is thought to be the ancestor of modern food '''oats .