malt whiskey
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- noun
- /mɔlt ˈwɪski/
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whisky de malta
- At the tasting event, I enjoyed a rich malt whiskey from Scotland that had aromas of caramel and oak.
- single malt whiskey
- malt whiskey distillery
- make malt whiskey
Examples
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That's Katzunari single malt whiskey.
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But I've got figs, a goose, a bottle of Talisker malt whiskey.
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This is very good malt whiskey.
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- Malt whisky and branch water, please.
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But you know, Monsieur Hagrid, they drink only single-malt whiskey.
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A pure malt whisky.
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Malt whisky.
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That's not rum punch, good sir ... that's malt whiskey.
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But I've got figs, a goose, a bottle of Talisker malt whiskey.
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Why courage? she’d said, used to the dark room, and she took from the dresser drawer the single malt whisky.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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A drink with alcohol that people make from grain and leave in wooden barrels to age
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A whisky made in Scotland
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A strong drink from Scotland made from malted barley and aged in wooden barrels
A strong drink made in Scotland from malted barley and aged in wooden casks
How Malty
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'whiskey distilled from malted barley' is directly derivable from combining 'malt' (germinated, dried grain) with 'whiskey' (an aged grain spirit). This noun+noun compounding is a transparent, cross‑linguistic compositional pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words, even if 'malt' is a slightly specialised term.
Etymology
Malt whiskey comes from malt, which is barley that has been soaked, allowed to sprout a little, and then dried to bring out sweet, rich flavors. So malt whiskey means 'whiskey made from malted barley', and that is why it often has a fuller, more flavorful taste.