How do you use Groats in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like grain or cereal, plus the exact meaning.
Groats meaning
plural of groat
Using Groats
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of groat
- Useful related words include: grain, food grain, cereal.
- In the example corpus, groats often appears in combinations such as: john groats, groats are, oat groats.
Context around Groats
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Groats
- In this selection, "groats" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, oat, cut, broken, break, coarse and steel stand out and add context to how "groats" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include john o groats on the and enough broken groats are available. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "groats" sits close to words such as abadi, acidification and acker, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with groats
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
We have swept to victory in seats from Land’s End to John O’ Groats. (15 words)
He covered 1,200 miles in three weeks, riding from John O’Groats to Lands on his bicycle. (18 words)
Chris Wishart-Turner is planning to cycle from John O'Groats to Edinburgh to raise funds for Marie Curie. (19 words)
Mr Edwards has joined comedian John May on his walk from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise awareness of the Weapons Down Gloves Up scheme – a boxing initiative aimed at taking young people off the streets and into employment. (42 words)
Sizing of groats Many whole oat groats break during the dehulling process, leaving the following types of groats to be sized and separated for further processing: whole oat groats, coarse steel cut groats, steel cut groats, and fine steel cut groats. (41 words)
Staff at St Nicholas Gate Retail Park's Gym Group Carlisle are aiming to raise £450 for NHS Charities Together by cycling the equivalent of 603 miles between Land's End and John O'Groats on stationary exercise bikes. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Sizing of groats Many whole oat groats break during the dehulling process, leaving the following types of groats to be sized and separated for further processing: whole oat groats, coarse steel cut groats, steel cut groats, and fine steel cut groats.
When not enough broken groats are available to size for further processing, whole oat groats are sent to a cutting unit with steel blades that evenly cut groats into the three sizes above.
After the whole oat groats are separated, the remaining broken groats get sized again into the three groups (coarse, regular, fine), and then stored.
Charles, 74, visited the Mey Highland Games in the village of John O’Groats in the far north of Scotland – which is believed to be among the country’s smallest.
He covered 1,200 miles in three weeks, riding from John O’Groats to Lands on his bicycle.
Manager Kevin Anderson insisted Wick Groats could be proud of their achievements this year despite Saturday's Highland Amateur Cup final loss to Avoch.
Mr Edwards has joined comedian John May on his walk from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise awareness of the Weapons Down Gloves Up scheme – a boxing initiative aimed at taking young people off the streets and into employment.
Steven Anderson, Ben Sinclair (2), Alan Mathieson and Jonah Martens were on target as Groats won 5-0 at Lochbroom.
Wick Groats are gearing up for a "massive" concluding fortnight to the 2023 campaign as they set their sights on landing three more pieces of silverware.
After acquiring the property, the trust installed a path between the mill and John o’ Groats car park to improve links with the village.
He was greeted by a crowd of family and well-wishers when he arrived at John O’Groats, on the tip of Scotland, at around 5.30pm on Saturday.
Newly released maps from WXCharts reveal a colossal 603-mile-long stretch of blue cold temperatures blanketing the nation from John O'Groats to Land's End.
Since 2022 the John O’Groats Trail has seen a 65 per cent increase in walker numbers, gleaned from people counters and a visitors’ sign-in book.
Staff at St Nicholas Gate Retail Park's Gym Group Carlisle are aiming to raise £450 for NHS Charities Together by cycling the equivalent of 603 miles between Land's End and John O'Groats on stationary exercise bikes.
The 33-year-old is travelling from Land’s End to John O’Groats three times – once running, once cycling and once kayaking – in a journey of almost 3,000 miles.
We have swept to victory in seats from Land’s End to John O’ Groats.
Chris Wishart-Turner is planning to cycle from John O'Groats to Edinburgh to raise funds for Marie Curie.
The essential guide to the ride, Land’s End to John o’Groats on the National Cycle Network, costs £14.95 at details including information on getting to the start and back from the end.
A cavalcade of historic and modern Bentleys has set off from John O’Groats on an epic 1,260 mile epic journey across Britain to celebrate the luxury car firm’s 100th anniversary.
A teacher is on track to break a world record set more than 130 years ago in Victorian times for the fastest ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats – on a penny farthing.
Common combinations with groats
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- john groats 14×
- groats are 7×
- oat groats 6×
- groats to 4×
- cut groats 4×
- groats on 4×
- of groats 3×
- groats and 2×
- broken groats 2×
- wick groats 2×