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to malt

6.1

To add a powder made from soaked, sprouted grain to food or drink for flavor

verb
/mɔlt/

: maltear

malted milk

Examples

His favorite food is malted milk balls.

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They decided to malt the barley to create a richer flavor for their home-brewed beer.
To start the process of brewing, they must first malt the grains by soaking and germinating them.
The chef instructed his team to malt the grain before adding it to the recipe for a unique taste.

Compounds

malt liquor

7 4.8

A strong lager with more alcohol than regular beer

malt whiskey

1 4.0

A type of whiskey made mainly from malted barley, often produced in Scotland in pot stills

malt sugar

Specialized

4.5

A white sweet crystal that forms when grain starch breaks during malting

Scotch malt whiskey

4.4

A strong drink made in Scotland from malted barley and aged in wooden casks

Surface Forms

malt infinitive

malted past

malted past participle

malting present participle

malts third person singular

Etymology

Malt as a verb (to treat or steep with malt) comes from the same old word for prepared grain, and a helpful way to remember it is to think that to 'malt' food or drink is to give it the flavour of that prepared grain by adding or steeping it, which explains its use in brewing and cooking.