Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - malt
Malt
malt
n. & v. --n. 1 barley or other grain that is steeped, germinated, and dried, esp. for brewing or distilling and vinegar-making. 2 colloq. malt whisky; malt liquor. --v. 1 tr. convert (grain) into malt. 2 intr. (of seeds) become malt when germination is checked by drought. Phrases and idioms malted milk 1 a hot drink made from dried milk and a malt preparation. 2 the powdered mixture from which this is made. malt-house a building used for preparing and storing malt. malt liquor alcoholic liquor made from malt by fermentation, not distillation, e.g. beer, stout. malt whisky whisky made from malted barley. Etymology: OE m(e)alt f. Gmc, rel. to MELT
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mealt; akin to Old High German malz ~, Old English meltan to melt Date: before 12th century grain (as barley) softened by steeping in water, allowed to germinate, and used especially in brewing and distilling, ~ liquor, ~ed milk, ~y adjective II. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb to convert into ~, to make or treat with ~ or ~ extract, intransitive verb to become ~, to make grain into ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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