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oatflake

oatflake noun: a flake made from oat.

Noun

oatflake (plural oatflakes)

  1. A flake made from oat.
    • Sauté the oatflakes in the oil whilst the water is coming to the boil. […] The basis of the recipe is that you have a thin layer of cooked grain or noodles, then a thick layer of juicy vegetables topped with an oatflake topping. […] A variety of different flours can be used in making pancakes. I...1979, Sue Bennett, Food Naturally: A Wholefood Cookbook, London: W. H. Allen, →ISBN, pages 28, 69, and 130
    • My eventual rations included pasta and soups which could be prepared simply by adding boiling water, spices to give strong flavour, oatflakes, salami, beef jerky, salmon strips (called ‘squaw candy’), logan bread, dried fruits, trail-mix, chocolate, sweets, coffee and tea.1990, Alastair Scott, “Backcountry Stoves”, in Tracks Across Alaska: A Dog Sled Journey, New York, N.Y.: The Atlantic Monthly Press, →ISBN, page 77

Examples of oatflake in a sentence

  • I find that buckwheat, wholewheat and oatflake flours give the best results.1979, Sue Bennett, Food Naturally: A Wholefood Cookbook, London: W. H. Allen, →ISBN, pages 28, 69, and 130:
  • I am breathing the breath of a man with an oatflake on the dent of his lip.2007, Richard Price, “Tube Shelter Perspective”, in Greenfields, Manchester: Carcanet Press, →ISBN, page 66:
  • Goes well with rockfish wrapped in Swiss chard, or bacon, and with an oatflake and rosemary crust. […] Crush 4 tablespoons oatflakes and 1 teaspoon rosemary and mix together.2012, Rae Walter in association with First Edition Translations Ltd, transl., Fish & Seafood: More Than 200 Basic Recipes and Variations...

Forms of oatflake

pluraloatflakes

Origin of oatflake

From oat + flake.

Questions about oatflake

What does oatflake mean?
Oatflake means a flake made from oat.
How do you use oatflake in a sentence?
I find that buckwheat, wholewheat and oatflake flours give the best results.
What part of speech is oatflake?
Oatflake is a noun.
What is the plural of oatflake?
The plural of oatflake is oatflakes.

Words near oatflake in the dictionary

  1. oatenmeal
  2. oater
  3. oaters
  4. Oates
  5. Oatey
  6. oatflake
  7. oatflakes
  8. oatgrass
  9. oatgrasses
  10. oath
  11. Oath of Abjuration

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