Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A flattened cake of baked oatmeal.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A cake made of the meal of oats. It is generally very thin and brittle.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A cake made of oatmeal.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any of many flat biscuits, or cakes made from oatmeal.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun thin flat unleavened cake of baked oatmeal

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Examples

  • There I was hospitably entertained, and a supper of milk and goat's flesh with a kind of oatcake was set before me, of which I ate heartily.

    Erewhon; or, Over the range 1910

  • All descriptions of linen, except the "oatcake" and "sailcloth," can be embroidered in the hand.

    Handbook of Embroidery L. Higgin 1852

  • a supper of milk and goat's flesh with a kind of oatcake was set before me, of which I ate heartily.

    Erewhon Samuel Butler 1868

  • There I was hospitably entertained, and a supper of milk and goat’s flesh with a kind of oatcake was set before me, of which I ate heartily.

    Erewhon 2003

  • Jenny, blooming in blue silk, and Mrs. Crook, starched in white linen, flitted back and forth between kitchen and parlor, overseeing the two maidservants, who staggered to and fro under enormous platters of oatcake, fruitcake, "crumbly," and other sweets.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • Quite different from its crisp Scottish cousin, the Staffordshire oatcake is more like a dense pancake made from batter containing three types of flour and, of course, oats.

    Insider's guide to the best British food, and where to find it 2010

  • The MidlandsStaffordshire oatcakesA true regional British treasure, the oatcake, or "oat flannel" as it is sometimes called, fuelled generations of workers in the Potteries.

    Insider's guide to the best British food, and where to find it 2010

  • The bosses = those who were last on the frontline in 1900 and oatcake.

    Will The Real Inspector Gadget Please Stand Up! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • 'May I never taste oatcake or whisky again!' said Lachlan impetuously, 'but I wish to see the beast, if there's one in it, and, the sooner the better.'

    Archive 2007-12-01 2007

  • In Wales and Scotland, an oatcake was divided into equal parts and one piece blackened.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Joanna Waugh 2009

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