groat

1 of 2

noun (1)

ˈgrōt 

1

usually plural in form but singular or plural in construction : hulled grain broken into fragments larger than grits

2

: a grain (as of oats) exclusive of the hull

groat

2 of 2

noun (2)

: an old British coin worth four pennies

Examples of groat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Compared to steel-cut oats (Irish or Scottish), oats groats (whole grain seed with the husk removed) have been chopped or sliced into smaller pieces. —Karina Tolentino, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024

The quick-cooking variety is made from flattening oat groat bits. —Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2024

Oats Old-fashioned oats are made from rolling whole oat kernels or groats. —Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2024

Commercial oat flour is made by milling oat groats, which are oat berries with their husks removed. —Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2024

Add groats and toast, shaking and tossing often and adjusting heat as needed, until crisp and light golden brown, 2 to 4 minutes. —Joy Cho, Good Housekeeping, 8 Aug. 2023

There are six very high oxalate foods: spinach, rhubarb, rice bran, buckwheat groats, almonds and miso soup -- don’t eat those. —Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 4 May 2023

Experts identified the silver coin as a half groat dating back to the reign of Henry VII, England’s first Tudor king who ruled from 1485 to 1509. —Jacquelyne Germain, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2022

Known as a half groat, the coin dates to the reign of England’s first Tudor king, Henry VII, who ruled from 1485 to 1509. —David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Nov. 2021

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English grotes, going back to Old English grotan, masculine weak plural, presumably a variant of the neuter noun grot "particle, whit" (also glossing Latin pollis "finely ground flour"), probably going back to Germanic *gruta-, noun derivative of *greutan- "to grind, crush" — more at grit entry 1

Note: Old English grotan is corrected from the manuscript form gratan, which occurs only once. Forms in other Germanic languages directly comparable to *gruta- appear to be lacking.

Noun (2)

Middle English groot, from Middle Dutch

First Known Use

Noun (1)

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

groat

1 of 2 noun

ˈgrōt 

1

: hulled grain broken into fragments larger than grits

—usually used in plural

buckwheat groats

2

: a grain (as of oats) without the hull

groat

2 of 2 noun

: a formerly used British coin worth four pennies

Etymology

Noun

Old English grotan, plural of grot

Noun

Middle English groot "coin"; of Dutch origin