Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
malted [mawl-tid] ExamplesWord Origin noun
Origin of malted 1670–80 for sense “made into malt”; malt + -ed2 Related formsun·malt·ed, adjective malt [mawlt] 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 Examples from the Web for malted Contemporary Examples of malted
The malted barley, yeast, and water are cooked, fermented, and distilled exactly the same.
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A single malt is made with malted barley in pot stills at a single distillery.
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Gose is athousand-year-old style of German malted wheat beer brewed with coriander and salt.
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Historical Examples of malted
Malted milk, kumyss, or matzoon may be given in place of milk.
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“She likes her malted milk in it, you know she does, Mary,” said the girl.
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An aqueous infusion of malted grain which, after being boiled with hops, has undergone the vinous fermentation; malt-liquor.
Arnold Cooley
These are ground and mixed with bruised malt, in various proportions, and are mashed in a similar manner to malted grain.
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I feel somewhat shaken, and will have my malted milk in my own room.
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British Dictionary definitions for malted 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 malted malt 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 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.
malted 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