malt
UK/mɒlt//mɔlt/
malt noun: malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
Noun (1)
malt (countable and uncountable, plural malts)
- Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
- Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
- 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.1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, section LXII
- Oh many a peer of England brews
- A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor.
- Afterward she sat in the drugstore sucking malt through a straw.1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage (2016), page 89
- Synonyms:
- malted
- Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.
Verb
malt (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.
- To become malt.
- To drink malt liquor.
Noun (2) capitalized: MALT
MALT (uncountable)
- Initialism of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue.
malt meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
malt in Hindi
- माल्ट
malt in Tamil
- மால்ட், மால்ட்ட்
malt in Marathi
- माल्ट
malt in Urdu
- مالٹ, مالت
More languagesFewer languages
- malt in Bengali
- মাল্ট, ম্যাল্ট
- malt in Telugu
- మాల్ట్, మాల్ట్కి, మాల్ట్కు
- malt in Malayalam
- മാൾട്ട്, മാൽറ്റ്, മാൽട്ട്
- malt in Kannada
- ಮಾಲ್ಟ್, ಮಾಲ್ಟ್ಗೆ
- malt in Punjabi
- ਮਾਲਟ, ਮਲਟ, ਮਾਲਟ ਤੱਕ
- malt in Gujarati
- માલ્ટ, માલ્ટને
- malt in Odia
- ମାଲ୍ଟ, ମାଲ୍ଟ୍, ମାଲ୍ଟକୁ
- malt in Nepali
- माल्ट
- malt in Tagalog
- malta
- malt in Arabic
- مَلْت malt
- malt in Malay
- malta
- malt in Persian
- مالت mâlt
- malt in Vietnamese
- mạch nha
Examples of malt in a sentence
- The best malt whiskies are improved if they are cut with a dash of water.
- For brewing our bitters we only use pale malt, torrefied wheat, and hops.
- Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey.
Synonyms of malt
Forms of malt
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | malts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | malts |
| present participle | malting |
| past participle | malted |
| past | malted |
Origin of malt
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.
Words formed from malt
- MALT lymphoma
- MALToma
- 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
Phrases with malt
- malt beer
- malt beers
- malt shops
- malt floors
- malt houses
- malt loaves
- malt saunas
- malt whisky
- malt liquors
- balls of malt
- malt vinegars
- malt whiskeys
6 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with malt
Questions about malt
- What does malt mean?
- Malt means malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
- What is malt in Hindi?
- Malt in Hindi is माल्ट. See Malt meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is malt?
- Malt can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce malt?
- Malt is pronounced /mɒlt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of malt?
- The plural of malt is malts.
Words near malt in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: malt (page history and authors); MALT (page history and authors); malt (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malt (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malt (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malt (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malt (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malt (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malt (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malt (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malt (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malt (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malt (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malt (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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