malt

[ mawlt ]

/ mɔlt /

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noun

germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.

any alcoholic beverage, as beer, ale, or malt liquor, fermented from malt.

whisky, as Scotch, that is distilled entirely from malted barley.

malted milk(def 2).

verb (used with object)

to convert (grain) into malt by soaking it in water and allowing it to germinate.

to treat or mix with malt, malt extract, etc.

to make (liquor) with malt.

verb (used without object)

to become malt.

to produce malt from grain.

Origin of malt

before 900; Middle English; Old English mealt; cognate with Old Norse malt, German Malz; akin to melt¹

Words nearby malt

malposition, malpractice, malpresentation, malraux, malrotation, malt, malt extract, malt liquor, malt shop, malt whisky, malta

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This MALT category launches in 2014, with small but fast-growing revenue that will become mammoth in years ahead.

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Consider a Guinness, an Irish stout, to balance the sweetness of fruits and molasses with its malt flavor.

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Though raised in Memphis housing projects, he uses no slang and dislikes the taste of malt liquor.

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They also have a small obsession with malt, and use four kinds at the bakery.

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The extract of malt will be found an excellent remedy for coughs or colds.

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The same quality of malt was used in all of these brews, but the brews were of different strengths.

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Brown malt requires less time than pale malt, and still less than a mixture with raw grain, as already explained.

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Malt extract is much dearer than honey, which is superior to it in value as a food.

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Every now and then there would be a heaving of the surface, and a quantity of malt would then move suddenly over.

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British Dictionary definitions for malt

malt

/ (mɔːlt) /

noun

cereal grain, such as barley, that is kiln-dried after it has germinated by soaking in water

See malt liquor

short for malt whisky

verb

to make into or become malt

to make (something, esp liquor) with malt

Word Origin for malt

Old English mealt; related to Dutch mout, Old Norse malt; see also melt

Medical definitions for malt

MALT

[ môlt ]

n.

Mucosal-associated with lymphoid tissue; rare type of lymphoma of the stomach that may be associated with infection by the bacteria Helicobacter pylori. MALT lymphoma

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