Malt definitions

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Grain, usually barley, that has been allowed to sprout, used chiefly in brewing and distilling.
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An alcoholic beverage, such as beer or ale, brewed from malt.
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To process (grain) into malt.
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To treat or mix with malt or a malt extract.
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To become malt.
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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.
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A beverage or liquor made from malt, esp. beer, ale, or the like.
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Made with malt.
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To change (barley, etc.) into malt or something maltlike.
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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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To change barley, etc. into malt.
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Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
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Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
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(US) Short for "malted milk shake", a milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor.
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Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.
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To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.
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Origin of malt

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.

Sentence Examples

  • Its industries include brewing and distilling and the manufacture of malt, sugar and starch.

  • In the malt or mash-tun.

  • Maltose, malt-sugar, maltobiose, C12H22011, is formed, together with dextrine, by the action of malt diastase on starch, and as an intermediate product in the decomposition of starch by sulphuric acid, and of glycogen by ferments.

  • Other important manufactures are: slaughtering and meat packing (wholesale), $6,251,705 in 1905; malt liquors, $4,471,777; and foundry and machine shop products, $3,862,279.

  • In 1905 Milwaukee manufactured 77.1% of the malt liquors manufactured in the state and 7.4% of the entire product of the United States.

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