malt [mawlt] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for malt on Thesaurus.com noun
- germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- any alcoholic beverage, as beer, ale, or malt liquor, fermented from malt.
- whisky, as Scotch, that is distilled entirely from malted barley.
- malted milk(def 2).
verb (used with object)
- to convert (grain) into malt by soaking it in water and allowing it to germinate.
- to treat or mix with malt, malt extract, etc.
- to make (liquor) with malt.
verb (used without object)
- to become malt.
- to produce malt from grain.
Origin of malt before 900; Middle English; Old English mealt; cognate with Old Norse malt, German Malz; akin to melt1 Related Words for malt brew, suds, malt, lager, oil, ale, stout, chill, beer, brewski Examples from the Web for malt Contemporary Examples of malt
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Historical Examples of malt
Malt itself, to produce intoxication, must be used in such large quantities as would very much diminish the brewer’s profit.
Mary Eaton
Hard water possesses an astringent quality, which prevents the goodness of the malt from being freely communicated to the liquor.
Mary Eaton
Throwing into it a quantity of bran while it is boiling, and before it is poured on the malt, will likewise have a good effect.
Mary Eaton
Having stirred the malt very carefully, light the fire under it, and get the liquor quickly to 170 or 180 degrees of heat.
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Run that into another tub, and pour the rest of the water on the malt; stir it well, cover it up, and let it infuse a full hour.
Mary Eaton
British Dictionary definitions for malt malt noun
- cereal grain, such as barley, that is kiln-dried after it has germinated by soaking in water
- See malt liquor
- short for malt whisky
verb
- to make into or become malt
- to make (something, esp liquor) with malt
Word Origin for malt Old English mealt; related to Dutch mout, Old Norse malt; see also melt Word Origin and History for malt n.
Old English malt (Anglian), mealt (West Saxon), from Proto-Germanic *maltam (cf. Old Norse malt, Old Saxon malt, Middle Dutch, Dutch mout, Old High German malz, German Malz “malt”), from PIE *meld- (cf. melt), extended form of root *mel- “soft,” probably via notion of “softening” the grain by steeping it in water before brewing. Finnish mallas, Old Church Slavonic mlato are considered to be borrowed from Germanic.
v.
mid-15c., “to convert grain to malt,” from malt (n.). Meaning + “to make with malt” is from c.1600. Related: Malted; malting. Malt liquor (which is fermented, not brewed) first attested 1690s. Malted “a drink with malted milk” is from 1945.
malt in Medicine 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.MALT lymphoma