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maltery

maltery noun: a malthouse.

Noun

maltery (plural malteries)

  1. (rare) A malthouse.
    • The foregoing represents the malteries whose product is disposed of by sale to brewers having no malteries connected with their breweries.1886, George Henry Thurston, Pittsburgh's Progress, Industries and Resources, 1886, page 176
    • Before the Assela Maltery was completed in 1984, most of the malt used in the breweries had to be imported: in 1983/84 only 20 per cent of the malt used was supplied locally. After the Assela maltery began operations output increased rapidly during the mid-1980s, reaching 11,000 tonnes in FY1988...1991, Ethiopia, new directions of industrial policy, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, page 67

Forms of maltery

pluralmalteries

Origin of maltery

From malt + -ery.

Questions about maltery

What does maltery mean?
Maltery means a malthouse.
What part of speech is maltery?
Maltery is a noun.
What is the plural of maltery?
The plural of maltery is malteries.

Words near maltery in the dictionary

  1. Malter effects
  2. malteries
  3. malternative
  4. malternatives
  5. malters
  6. maltery
  7. Maltese
  8. Maltese Archipelago
  9. Maltese cat
  10. Maltese cats
  11. Maltese centauries

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