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Share This malt Audio Help / mɔlt / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ mawlt ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
2. any alcoholic beverage, as beer, ale, or malt liquor, fermented from malt.
3. whisky, as Scotch, that is distilled entirely from malted barley.
–verb (used with object) 5. to convert (grain) into malt by soaking it in water and allowing it to germinate.
6. to treat or mix with malt, malt extract, etc.
7. to make (liquor) with malt.
–verb (used without object)
9. to produce malt from grain.
[Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE
mealt; c. ON
malt, G
Malz; akin to
melt ]
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Grain, usually barley, that has been allowed to sprout, used chiefly in brewing and distilling.
An alcoholic beverage, such as beer or ale, brewed from malt.
See malted milk .
malt·ed , malt·ing , malts
tr.
To process (grain) into malt.
To treat or mix with malt or a malt extract.
intr.
mealt ; see mel- 1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Share This malt·ed milk (môl'tĭd)
A soluble powder made of dried milk, malted barley, and wheat flour.
A beverage made by mixing milk with this powder and adding ice cream and flavoring. Also called malt , malted .
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O.E.
malt (Anglian),
mealt (W.Saxon), from P.Gmc.
*maltaz (cf. O.N.
malt, Ger.
Malz "malt"), from same Gmc. root as O.E.
meltan (see
melt ), probably via notion of "softening" the grain by steeping it in water before brewing, from PIE
*meld- (cf. Skt.
mrduh "soft, mild," Gk.
meldein "to melt, make liquid," L.
mollis "soft"), from base
*mel- "to grind" (cf. Gk.
myle "mill," L.
molere "to grind;" see
mallet ). Finnish
mallas, O.C.S.
mlato are considered to be borrowed from Germanic.
Malt liquor (which is fermented, not brewed) first attested 1693.
Malted "a drink with malted milk" is from 1945.
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Share This malt noun 1. a milkshake made with malt powder [syn: malted ] 2. a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer 3. a cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling verb 1. treat with malt or malt extract; "malt beer" 2. turn into malt, become malt 3. convert grain into malt 4. convert into malt
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Share This malt 1 [moːlt] noun
barley or other grain soaked in water, allowed to sprout, and dried in a kiln, used in making beer, whisky
etc
Arabic: مَلْط، شَعير البيرَه والويسْكي Chinese (Simplified): 麦芽 Chinese (Traditional): 麥芽 Czech: slad Danish: malt Dutch: mout Estonian: linnased Finnish: mallas French: malt German: das Malz Greek: βύνη Hungarian: maláta Icelandic: malt Indonesian: bahan bir Italian: malto
Japanese: 麦芽 Korean: 맥아 Latvian: iesals Lithuanian: salyklas Norwegian: malt Polish: słód Portuguese (Brazil): malte Portuguese (Portugal): malte Romanian: malţ Russian: солод Slovak: slad Slovenian: slad Spanish: malta Swedish: malt Turkish: malt
malt 2 [moːlt] noun
a variety of malt whisky
Example:
This pub sells fifteen different malts.
Arabic: تَشْكيلَه من الويسْكي Chinese (Simplified): 麦芽酒 Chinese (Traditional): 麥芽酒 Czech: druh whisky Danish: maltwhisky Dutch: moutwhisky Estonian: linnaseviski Finnish: mallasviski French: (whisky) pur malt German: alkoholisches Malzgetränk Greek: ποικιλία ουίσκι Hungarian: malátawhisky Icelandic: maltviskÿ Indonesian: sejenis wiski Italian: whisky di malto*
Japanese: モルトウィスキー Korean: 맥아주 Latvian: iesala viskijs Lithuanian: salyklinis viskis Norwegian: maltwhisky Polish: (rodzaj whisky) Portuguese (Brazil): uísque de malte Portuguese (Portugal): uísque de malte Romanian: whisky cu malţ Russian: разновидность виски Slovak: druh whisky Slovenian: sladni viski Spanish: whisky de malta Swedish: maltwhisky Turkish: malt viskisi
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Share This MALT (môlt)n. Helicobacter pylori. Also called MALT lymphoma .
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malt Pronunciation:
'molt Function:
noun : grain softened by steeping in water, allowed to germinate, and used especially in brewing anddistilling
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Malt\, n. [AS. mealt; akin to D. mout, G. malz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. malt, and E. melt. [root]108. See
Melt .] Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation of whisky.
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Malt\, a. Relating to, containing, or made with, malt.
Malt liquor , an alcoholic liquor, as beer, ale, porter, etc., prepared by fermenting an infusion of malt.
Malt dust , fine particles of malt, or of the grain used in making malt; -- used as a fertilizer. " Malt dust consists chiefly of the infant radicle separated from the grain." --Sir H. Davy.
Malt floor , a floor for drying malt.
Malt house , or
Malthouse , a house in which malt is made.
Malt kiln , a heated chamber for drying malt.
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Malt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Malted : p. pr. & vb. n.
Malting .] To make into malt; as, to malt barley.
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Malt\, v. i. To become malt; also, to make grain into malt. --Mortimer.
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