groats

[ grohts ]

noun

, (used with a singular or plural verb)

1. hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
2. hulled kernels of oats, buckwheat, or barley.

groats

/ ɡrəʊts /

plural noun

1. the hulled and crushed grain of oats, wheat, or certain other cereals
2. the parts of oat kernels used as food

Word History and Origins

Origin of groats¹

before 1100; Middle English grotes (plural), Old English grot meal; akin to grits

Word History and Origins

Origin of groats¹

Old English grot particle; related to grota fragment, as in meregrota pearl; see grit , grout

Example Sentences

From being mascot at Stark's Park, playing in goal for John O'Groats out in the Netherlands to contributing to a Challenge Cup draw with David Gray, McKay has put in some pretty mad shifts.

From BBC

In 2021, Costa ran the length of the United Kingdom in 39 days, starting in John O’ Groats, Scotland, and finishing in Land’s End at the southern tip of England.

From Los Angeles Times

Both are enduring bistrot staples that can be served simply or can be more constructed with additional ingredients, pickles, infused oils, crispy toppings such as toasted hazelnuts, toasted buckwheat groats — I often find myself coming back to buckwheat!

From Salon

Mr Hollis has previously tackled a Land's End to John O'Groats challenge, also using just his compass and minor roads.

From BBC

Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods was founded in 1978, but it wasn’t until several years later that the company hit upon the thing that made its oats, groats and other natural food products so immediately recognizable on supermarket shelves.

From New York Times