malt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a milkshake made with malt powder
    malted milk; malted.
  2. noun a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer
    malt liquor.
  3. noun a cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling
  4. verb treat with malt or malt extract
    • malt beer
  5. verb turn into malt, become malt
  6. verb convert grain into malt
  7. verb convert into malt

WordNet

Malt noun
Etymology
AS. mealt; akin to D. mout, G. malz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. malt, and E. melt. See Melt.
Definitions
  1. Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation of whisky.
Malt adjective
Definitions
  1. Relating to, containing, or made with, malt.
Malt transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Malted: present participle & verbal noun Malting
Definitions
  1. To make into malt; as, to malt barley.
Malt intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To become malt; also, to make grain into malt. Mortimer.

Webster 1913