malt
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- noun
- /mɔlt/
- Informal
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batido de malta
- I'd like spareribs, French fries... ...and a big old juicy cheeseburger on the side with a chocolate malt!
Examples
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Give me three chili dogs and a malt.
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Come on, let's go get a malt.
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Can I have an E.T. Malt, please?
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I'll have the same, make mine a malt, please.
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Yeah, well, we stopped there for a malt afterwards.
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You guys want to get downtown, maybe grab a malt?
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I'd like to get a chocolate malt.
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The strawberry malt, it's pretty good too.
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I just had a couple of hamburgers and a malt.
Fiction book (1990) -
I would like a strawberry malt with whipped cream on top.
Synonyms
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1.0
A cold sweet drink made by mixing milk with ice cream or fruit
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3.7
A milkshake made with milk, ice cream, and malt powder
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A sweet cold drink you get by mixing milk with ice cream or fruit
A milkshake made with malt powder that tastes sweet and toasty
A sweet cold drink made from milk and ice cream mixed with malt powder
Compounds
- US
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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
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Etymology
Malt for a milkshake comes from malted milk, a powdered mix made from milk and malted grain, so a 'malt' is simply a milkshake made with that powder, giving it a richer, slightly grainy taste.