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malts

malts is the plural of malt.

Meaning of malt

Noun

malt (countable and uncountable, plural malts)

  1. Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
  2. 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
  3. (US, informal) 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
  4. Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.

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Phrases with malts

Questions about malts

What is malts the plural of?
Malts is the plural of malt.

Words near malts in the dictionary

  1. maltreatment
  2. maltreatments
  3. maltreator
  4. maltreators
  5. maltreats
  6. malts
  7. maltster
  8. maltsters
  9. maltulose
  10. malturned
  11. maltworm

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