malted milkshake

2.5

A milkshake made with malt powder that tastes sweet and toasty

noun
/ˈmɔltɪd ˈmɪlkʃeɪk/

: batido de malta

I remember walking down to the corner drugstore and getting malted milkshakes.

Examples

On hot summer days, nothing beats a cold malted milkshake from the local diner.
After dinner, we enjoyed a delicious malted milkshake topped with whipped cream.
The recipe calls for chocolate ice cream and malted milk powder to make a rich malted milkshake.

Synonyms

malt

vsmalted milkshake

Informal

10 3.5

A milkshake made with a sweet grain powder for a richer, creamier taste

is milder and smoother in texture rather than richer and slightly grainy

malted

vsmalted milkshake

Informal

1 3.7

A milkshake made with milk, ice cream, and malt powder

is the standard descriptive phrase that highlights the toasty powder flavor

malted milk

vsmalted milkshake

3.0

A sweet cold drink made from milk and ice cream mixed with malt powder

is the more specific full phrase name for the same drink

How Rich

malted milkshake

2.5

milkshake

72 1.0

milk

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

malted milkshake singular

malted milkshakes plural

Morphology

malted + milkshake

The meaning is compositionally transparent: 'malted' (made with malt) simply modifies 'milkshake', so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a milkshake made with malted milk powder and having a toasty sweet flavor. This follows a straightforward adjective+noun pattern and is not idiomatic or metaphorical, making it predictable for B1 learners who know the constituents.

Etymology

The phrase malted milkshake comes from old diners where people mixed malt powder into a milkshake. The malt gave the drink a warm, slightly 'toasty' sweetness, so it simply means a milkshake made with malt powder.