malt

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
2. (countable, uncountable) Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
3. (US, countable, informal, uncountable) A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor.
4. (countable, uncountable) Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.

Verb

1. (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.
2. (intransitive) To become malt.
3. (dated, humorous, intransitive) To drink malt liquor.

Synonyms

malt liquor

malted milk

malted

grist

yeast

construct

come

butter

🧈

curd

cumin

decoct

effervesce

fabricate

face cream

chuff

frame

flip

cum

freak

frig

frock

fuck

👉👌

futz

goo

gravy

leaven

honey

🍯

jelly

jism

jizz

flame

lather

juice

load

lot

make

fetch

cream

buttermilk

malts

manufacture

mayonnaise

mess

mettle

milk

🥛

muck

oats

ointment

paste

boil

Translations

malt

Malz

malto

malta

mout

malte

βύνη

malt

malt

ملت

maltat

maltar

malter

Wichse

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɒlt/

Etymology

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Moalt

Cognate with Dutch: mout

Cognate with German: Malz

Cognate with Swedish: malt

Cognate with Church Slavic: младъ

Cognate with Russian: молодой

Cognate with Ukrainian: мо́лот

Cognate with Czech: mláto

In summary

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.