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| malt [ mawlt ] |
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1. grain used to make alcoholic drinks: cereal grain, especially barley, that has begun germination by being soaked in water. Use: brewing beer, distilling whiskey.
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2. beverages
Same as malt liquor
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3. beverages
Same as malted milk (sense 2)
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4. U.K. beverages
Same as malt whiskey
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verb (past and past participle malt·ed, present participle malt·ing, 3rd person present singular malts) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb change grain into malt: to make cereal grain into malt by soaking it in water to start germination and then drying it in a kiln, or to undergo this process
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2. transitive verb make or mix something with malt: to make something with malt, or add malt to something
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| [ Old English mealt< Germanic] |
