From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Food, Food, dishoatmealoat‧meal /ˈəʊtmiːl $ ˈoʊt-/ noun [uncountable]1DF British Englishcrushedoats used in cooking, especially for making biscuits or porridge2American EnglishDFF a softbreakfast food made by boiling crushed oatsSYN porridge British English3a light browncolourExamples from the Corpusoatmeal• The grits are good too, as mild as oatmeal, but buttery, and full of body.• The walls were stippled with some kind of wartimestucco that had the texture of driedoatmeal.• For her Christmas dinner Ellen brought her a bowl of oatmealgruel.• Standing, I sample a bowl of oatmeal.• He was of mediumheight and was wearing a baggy and very creasedcottonsuit 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 remainingoatmeal.• She ate something, gave Ollie some oatmeal and softenedtoast, cleaned him up, washed her face and hands.
