malt

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
a beverage or liquor made from malt, esp. beer, ale, or the like
Informal malted milk

Origin of malt

Middle English malte from Old English mealt, akin to German malz from Indo-European an unverified form mel-d, soft from base an unverified form mel-, to crush, grind from source melt, mill

made with malt

to change (barley, etc.) into malt or something maltlike
to treat or prepare (milk, etc.) with malt or malt extract

to be changed into malt or something maltlike
to change barley, etc. into malt

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malt

noun

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.

verb

malt·ed, malt·ing, malts

verb

transitive

To process (grain) into malt.
To treat or mix with malt or a malt extract.

verb

intransitive

To become malt.

Origin of malt

Middle English from Old English mealt ; see mel-¹ in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

malt′y
adjective

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Noun

(plural malts)

Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
(US) Short for "malted milk shake", a milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor
Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present malts, present participle malting, simple past and past participle malted)

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.

Origin

From Old English mealt, malt, from Proto-Germanic *maltÄ…. Cognate with Dutch mout, German Malz, Swedish malt. The Proto-Germanic noun is likely a borrowing from Proto-Slavic *malta; compare Ukrainian Ð¼Ð¾Ð»Ð¾Ñ‚ (mÃ³lot), Czech mlÃ¡to.