English Explanatory Dictionary

malt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
  2. Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
  3. A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor.
  4. Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.
verb
  1. 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.
  2. To become malt.
  3. To drink malt liquor.
noun
  1. Initialism of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue.

Pronunciation

/mɒlt/ /mɔːlt/ /mɔlt/ /mɑlt/ en-us-malt.ogg

Word forms

malt malts malting malted

Etymology

From Middle English malt, from Old English mealt, from Proto-West Germanic *malt, from Proto-Germanic *maltą (“malt”), from *maltaz (“soft; nesh; weak; squashy; melting”), from Proto-Indo-European *meld-, *mled- (“to crush; grind; make weak”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moalt (“malt”), Dutch mout (“malt”), German Malz (“malt”), Swedish malt (“malt”), Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ, “tender; young”), Russian молодой (molodoj, “young; fresh; new”). The Proto-Germanic noun was borrowed into Proto-Slavic as *malta; compare Ukrainian мо́лот (mólot), Czech mláto. More at melt.

Synonyms

malted

Related words

mash wort

Derived words

ball of malt double malt malt dust malt floor malt-forward malthouse malt house malting malt-kiln maltless malt liquor malt loaf malt-o-meal maltose malt sauna malt shop malt sugar malt tea malt vinegar malt whiskey malty rice malt single malt triple malt maltase malternative maltery maltin maltitol maltman maltol maltster maltworm maltable MALT lymphoma MALToma
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