malt : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: malt	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for malt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
malt n a milkshake made with malt powder [syn: malted, malt, malted milk] a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer Synonym(s): malt, malt liquor a cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling v treat with malt or malt extract; "malt beer" turn into malt, become malt convert grain into malt convert into malt
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Malt \Malt\, n. [AS. mealt; akin to D. mout, G. malz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. malt, and E. melt. [root]108. See {Melt}.] Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation of whisky.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Malt \Malt\, a. Relating to, containing, or made with, malt. {Malt liquor}, an alcoholic liquor, as beer, ale, porter, etc., prepared by fermenting an infusion of malt. {Malt dust}, fine particles of malt, or of the grain used in making malt; -- used as a fertilizer. [bd] Malt dust consists chiefly of the infant radicle separated from the grain.[b8] --Sir H. Davy. {Malt floor}, a floor for drying malt. {Malt house}, [or] {Malthouse}, a house in which malt is made. {Malt kiln}, a heated chamber for drying malt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Malt \Malt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Malted}: p. pr. & vb. n. {Malting}.] To make into malt; as, to malt barley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Malt \Malt\, v. i. To become malt; also, to make grain into malt. --Mortimer.