Definitions for malt

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malt malt

Spelling: [mawlt]

IPA: /mɔlt/

Malt is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 38 anagrams from letters in malt (almt).

Definitions for malt

noun

1. germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
2. any alcoholic beverage, as beer, ale, or malt liquor, fermented from malt.
3. whisky, as Scotch, that is distilled entirely from malted barley.
4. malted milk (def 2).

verb (used with object)

1. to convert (grain) into malt by soaking it in water and allowing it to germinate.
2. to treat or mix with malt, malt extract, etc.
3. to make (liquor) with malt.

verb (used without object)

1. to become malt.
2. to produce malt from grain.

Origin of malt

before 900; Middle English; Old English mealt; cognate with Old Norse malt, German Malz; akin to melt¹

Examples for malt

Having stirred the malt very carefully, light the fire under it, and get the liquor quickly to 170 or 180 degrees of heat.

Hard water possesses an astringent quality, which prevents the goodness of the malt from being freely communicated to the liquor.

Run that into another tub, and pour the rest of the water on the malt; stir it well, cover it up, and let it infuse a full hour.

Consider a Guinness, an Irish stout, to balance the sweetness of fruits and molasses with its malt flavor.

Of the total furfuroids of malt about 1/4 are dissolved in the mashing process.

Throwing into it a quantity of bran while it is boiling, and before it is poured on the malt, will likewise have a good effect.

Though raised in Memphis housing projects, he uses no slang and dislikes the taste of malt liquor.

malt itself, to produce intoxication, must be used in such large quantities as would very much diminish the brewer's profit.

This malt category launches in 2014, with small but fast-growing revenue that will become mammoth in years ahead.

They also have a small obsession with malt, and use four kinds at the bakery.