Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.

    Malz

    со́лодsólod

    со́лодsólod

    a cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling

  2. (countable, uncountable)Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.

    a milkshake made with malt powder

  3. (US, countable, informal, uncountable)A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Beer is brewed from malt.

    ruПиво варится из солода.

    deBier wird aus Malz gebraut.

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  2. The rat the cat the dog chased killed ate the malt.

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  3. I guess malt vinegar is more common than white vinegar on fries.

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  4. Beer is taxed according to its malt content, so low-malt beer is cheaper.

    deDa Bier nach seinem Malzgehalt versteuert wird, ist Bier mit niedrigem Malzgehalt billiger.

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  5. These gatherings always get rowdy after hours, when the boss breaks out the single-malt scotch.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
sprouted grain used in brewing:
Русский
By meaning 1
sprouted grain used in brewing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sprouted grain used in brewing:

Origin

From Middle English malt, from Old English mealt, from Proto-West Germanic *malt, from Pro

From Middle English malt, from Old English mealt, from Proto-West Germanic *malt, from Proto-Germanic *maltą (“malt”), from *maltaz (“soft; nesh; weak; squashy; melting”), from Proto-Indo-European *meld-, *mled- (“to crush; grind; make weak”).

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Forms

plural: malts
Singularmalt
Pluralmalts

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer:malt liquor
  • a milkshake made with malt powder:maltedmalted milk

Word family

32 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
malt — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto