Malt Definition
môlt
malted, malting, malts
noun
malts
Barley or other grain softened by soaking in water until it sprouts and then kiln-dried: used for brewing and distilling certain alcoholic beverages or liquors.
Webster's New World
A beverage or liquor made from malt, esp. beer, ale, or the like.
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Synonyms:
verb
malted, malting, malts
To change (barley, etc.) into malt or something maltlike.
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To change barley, etc. into malt.
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To treat or prepare (milk, etc.) with malt or malt extract.
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To be changed into malt or something maltlike.
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adjective
Made with malt.
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Other Word Forms of Malt
Noun
Singular:
maltPlural:
maltsOrigin of Malt
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From Old English mealt, malt, from Proto-Germanic *maltą. Cognate with Dutch mout, German Malz, Swedish malt. The Proto-Germanic noun is likely a borrowing from Proto-Slavic *malta; compare Ukrainian молот (mólot), Czech mláto.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English mealt mel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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