oat milk

noun

plural oat milks
: a liquid made from ground oats and water that is usually fortified (as with calcium and vitamins) and used as a milk substitute

Examples of oat milk in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Today, non-dairy drinkers have their pick of the litter, including the ever-popular oat milk and other options like pea, hemp, cashew and even banana milk. Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024 Whoever made the drink used milk instead of oat milk, sending the man into anaphylactic shock — a potentially fatal allergic reaction, according to the suit. Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2024 And then Cairo will have the pancakes with bananas and extra syrup, and Cree will get a chai latte with oat milk and avocado toast. Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024 Testers were wowed by the taste and froth of Rise’s shelf-stable oat milk, which saved them (and their wallets) a few trips to the coffee shop. Grace McCarty, SELF, 13 Mar. 2024 Starbucks Is Giving Out Free Hot Chocolate Every Weekend in December The flavorful confection is mixed with oat milk and black tea infused with cinnamon and warming spices. Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023 The visually-stunning drink combines green tea with oat milk and lavender cream cold foam. Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024 Surprise the chocolate connoisseur in your life with this 30-piece set, which includes four flavors: oat milk, coconut milk, pink sea salt, and dark chocolate. Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 16 Nov. 2023 The matcha drink layers the popular green tea with oat milk and lavender cream cold foam. Ana Calderone, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of oat milk was in 1980

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“Oat milk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oat%20milk. Accessed 1 May. 2024.

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