- See malt liquor
- short for malt whisky
- to make into or become malt
- to make (something, esp liquor) with malt
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
malt /mɔlt/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Wine[uncountable] grain prepared by boiling and drying, used in brewing beer.
- Wine[uncountable] an alcoholic beverage, as beer, fermented from malt.
- Food malted milk (def. 2):[countable]a vanilla malt and a chocolate malt.
malt
(môlt),USA pronunciation n.
v.t.
v.i.
- Winegerminated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Wineany alcoholic beverage, as beer, ale, or malt liquor, fermented from malt.
- Winewhisky, as Scotch, that is distilled entirely from malted barley.
- FoodSee malted milk (def. 2).
v.t.
- to convert (grain) into malt by soaking it in water and allowing it to germinate.
- to treat or mix with malt, malt extract, etc.
- to make (liquor) with malt.
v.i.
- to become malt.
- to produce malt from grain.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English mealt; cognate with Old Norse malt, German Malz; akin to melt
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
malt /mɔːlt/ n
'malt' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
barm
- beer
- bourbon
- brew
- grist
- John Barleycorn
- malt extract
- malting
- malt liquor
- maltster
- malt whisky
- malty
- maltose
- mash
- melt
- porter
- stout
- wort
- ale
- barley-bree
- beerhouse
- beverage room
- brasserie
- brewage
- brewery
- diastase
- half-and-half
- koji
- maltase
- malted
- malted milk
- Maltese
- maltol
- malt shop
- marry
- miso
- near beer
- oast
- pot still
- single-malt
- steam beer
- sweetwort
- swipes