different between grist vs oats

English

Etymology

From Middle English grist, gryst, from Old English grist, gyrst (“the action of grinding, corn for grinding, gnashing”), from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *gredan? (“to crunch”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?rew- (“to rub, grind”). Cognate with Old Saxon gristgrimmo (“gnashing of the teeth”), German Griesgram (“a grumbler, a grouch, peevishness, misery”), Old English gristel (“gristle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

grist (countable and uncountable, plural grists)

1. Grain that is to be ground in a mill.
2. (obsolete) A group of bees.
3. (colloquial, obsolete) Supply; provision.
4. (ropemaking) A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.

Derived terms

• grist mill / gristmill
• grist for the mill (chiefly US)
• grist to the mill (chiefly UK)

Related terms

• gristle

Translations

Anagrams

• Grits, girts, grits, strig, trigs

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

grist

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of grissen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of grissen

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• grisa, griset

Verb

grist

1. past participle of grise

Slovene

Verb

gr?st

1. supine of gristi

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?ts/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???ts/
• Rhymes: -??ts

Noun

oats

1. plural of oat

Noun

oats pl (plural only)

1. A mass of oat plants (genus Avena, especially Avena sativa).

2. Seeds of an oat plant, especially prepared as food.

Synonyms

• haver

Coordinate terms

• (Cereals) cereal; barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, teff, triticale, wheat

Derived terms

• feel one's oats
• sow one's wild oats
• get one's oats

Translations

Anagrams

• OTAs, SOTA, Sato, Sota, Taos, Tsao, as to, oast, stoa, taos, toas, tosa