1
a
: meal made from oats
b
: rolled oats
2
: porridge made from ground or rolled oats
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Remarkably suave and seductive creamy mid palate with flavors that include oranges, oatmeal and lemon tart.
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Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
The chicken breast is the plain oatmeal of the affordable protein world.
—John Devore, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2025
Effective home remedies to try include cool, wet compresses, lukewarm baths (not hot) with colloidal oatmeal, and calamine lotion.
—Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2025
Topicals created a buttery mask for reactive and eczema-prone skin to soothe even the most sensitive faces thanks to calming ingredients like colloidal oatmeal and green tea in the formula.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
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Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
The chicken breast is the plain oatmeal of the affordable protein world.
—John Devore, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2025
Effective home remedies to try include cool, wet compresses, lukewarm baths (not hot) with colloidal oatmeal, and calamine lotion.
—Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2025
Topicals created a buttery mask for reactive and eczema-prone skin to soothe even the most sensitive faces thanks to calming ingredients like colloidal oatmeal and green tea in the formula.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Oatmeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oatmeal. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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oatmeal
noun
oat·meal
ˈōt-ˌmēl 
ōt-ˈmē(ə)l
1
: oats husked and ground into meal or flattened into flakes
2
: a hot cereal made from oatmeal
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