malt
IPA: mˈɔɫt
noun
- Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
- Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
- (US, informal) A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor.
- Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.
- Initialism of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue.
verb
- (transitive) To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.
- (intransitive) To become malt.
- (intransitive, dated, humorous) To drink malt liquor.
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Examples of "malt" in Sentences
- Sift the remaining malt and flour together.
- A malt shake is a milk shake but made with malt in it.
- Mild ales are generally based on mild malt or pale malt.
- Single Malt whisky is malt whisky from a single distillery.
- Laphroaig is also the name of the Islay single malt Scotch whisky.
- Uses for Malted Grains Malted grains aren't just used in beer making.
- Drying malt over an open flame may impart a smoky character to the malt.
- A handful of sorghum malt and a handful of mealie malt is added to the vat.
- CMB retailers may sell cereal malt beverages or nonalcoholic malt beverages.
- The malt portion of the distillery was closed in 1975 and demolished in 1976.
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