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malt

UK/mɒlt/ US/mɔːlt/ uncommon dated informal us
noun (3) verb (4)

noun

1.
2.

a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer

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3.

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

verb

1.

treat with malt or malt extract

  • “malt beer”
2.

turn into malt, become malt

3.
4.

convert into malt

Origin

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”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moalt (“malt”), Dutch mout (“malt”), German Malz (“malt”), Swedish malt (“malt”), Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ, “tender; young”), Russian молодой (molodoj, “young; fresh; new”). The Proto-Germanic noun was borrowed into Proto-Slavic as *malta; compare Ukrainian мо́лот (mólot), Czech mláto. More at melt.

Phrases

  • ball of malt
  • double malt
  • malt dust
  • malt floor
  • malt house
  • malt liquor
  • malt loaf
  • malt sauna

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