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.
4.
malted milk ( def 2 ).
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.
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verb (used without object)
8.
to become malt.
9.
to produce malt from grain.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English mealt; cognate with Old Norse malt, German Malz; akin to melt
before 900; Middle English; Old English mealt; cognate with Old Norse malt, German Malz; akin to melt
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| —n | |
| 1. | cereal grain, such as barley, that is kiln-dried after it has germinated by soaking in water |
| 2. | See malt liquor |
| 3. | short for malt whisky |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to make into or become malt |
| 5. | to make (something, esp liquor) with malt |
| [Old English mealt; related to Dutch mout, Old Norse malt; see also | |
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Word Origin & History
malt
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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Medical Dictionary
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. Also called MALT lymphoma.
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Example sentences
The only alcohol they drank was homemade beer, a malt-fed brew that bubbled in old pots.
Stir in the honey, agave nectar, malt extract or rice syrup.
First there is the yeasty aroma of malt and hops, followed by a warm and sticky sensation as the brown liquid envelopes your body.
Things are no better for barley, used to make the malt that yeast turns into alcohol.
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