malt
25
3.5
- noun
- /mɔlt/
- Specialized
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malta
- This beer has a rich flavor, thanks to the carefully selected malt used in its brewing.
- single malt
- barley malt
- malt whisky
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Examples
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The recipe calls for two cups of malt to give the bread a unique taste and texture.
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Alex dispenses wine mainly into his own glass, alternating with Macallan malt whisky, of which he pours generous amounts.
Fiction book (1994) -
This is a single malt.
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Uh, so, the scotch should be a fine single malt.
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- Malt whisky and branch water, please.
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There's nothing like a nice single malt to warm the bones.
Fiction book (1996) -
I went once on a tour of the finest single malt distillery in the world.
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Usually, only a glass of Islay single malt invites such clarity.
Blog text (8) -
The package included a bottle of Campbelltown single malt and two cut-crystal glasses.
Fiction book (1999) -
So they would take the grain and ferment it and make barley malt, for example, which English people still like to drink quite a bit without due to this history.
Synonyms
203
1.0
An edible seed from plants like wheat or rice used as food
Compounds
- US
1
4.0
A type of whiskey made mainly from malted barley, often produced in Scotland in pot stills
A strong drink made in Scotland from malted barley and aged in wooden casks
Surface Forms
Etymology
Malt as a noun originally named grain that had been soaked, allowed to 'start to grow', and then dried for use in beer and food, and so today malt still means that prepared grain used in brewing, distilling, and baking.