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Malt

//mɔlt// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Initialism of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  3. 3
    a cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling wordnet
  4. 4
    Malt liquor, especially malt whisky. countable, uncountable

    "Oh many a peer of England brews Livelier liquor than the Muse, And malt does more than Milton can To justify God's ways to man."

  5. 5
    a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer wordnet
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  1. 6
    A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor. US, countable, informal, uncountable

    "Afterward she sat in the drugstore sucking malt through a straw."

  2. 7
    a milkshake made with malt powder wordnet
  3. 8
    Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 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. transitive
  2. 2
    convert into malt wordnet
  3. 3
    To become malt. intransitive
  4. 4
    convert grain into malt wordnet
  5. 5
    To drink malt liquor. dated, humorous, intransitive
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  1. 6
    turn into malt, become malt wordnet
  2. 7
    treat with malt or malt extract wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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