malt
Americannoun
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germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
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any alcoholic beverage, as beer, ale, or malt liquor, fermented from malt.
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whisky, as Scotch, that is distilled entirely from malted barley.
verb (used with object)
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to convert (grain) into malt by soaking it in water and allowing it to germinate.
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to treat or mix with malt, malt extract, etc.
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to make (liquor) with malt.
verb (used without object)
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to become malt.
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to produce malt from grain.
noun
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cereal grain, such as barley, that is kiln-dried after it has germinated by soaking in water
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See malt liquor
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short for malt whisky
verb
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to make into or become malt
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to make (something, esp liquor) with malt
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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maltsimple
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maltssimple
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have maltedperfect
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has maltedperfect
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am maltingprogressive
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are maltingprogressive
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is maltingprogressive
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have been maltingperfect progressive
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has been maltingperfect progressive
Past
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maltedsimple
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had maltedperfect
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was maltingprogressive
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were maltingprogressive
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had been maltingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of malt
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English mealt; cognate with Old Norse malt, German Malz; akin to melt 1
Example Sentences
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Last year, the 12-year-old bottling of the Notch won Best American Single Malt at the International Wine & Spirit Competition North America, signaling it as a leader in a growing, but often overlooked, category.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
Raymond Lee, founder of the Single Malt Club China, a whisky trading and distribution company in Beijing, said whisky has become more popular as the economy has grown.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2023
He will end it at Misty’s Malt Shop, located on Main Street in Keosauqua.
From Washington Times • Dec. 10, 2023
United Malt Chairman Graham Bradley said in a statement that the company's board believed the offer appropriately reflected the value of its asset portfolio and the anticipated improvement in its near-term earnings outlook.
From Reuters • Jul. 2, 2023
Then came a splendid banquet; the doctor had contributed a bottle of aqua vitæ, and every man had a bottle of genuine Crown Malt Extract, from the “Royal Brewery” in Copenhagen.
From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Nansen, Fridtjof
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