Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun malt
3 senses of malt
Sense 1
malted, malt, malted milk -- (a milkshake made with malt powder)
=> milkshake, milk shake, shake -- (frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream)
Sense 2
malt, malt liquor -- (a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer)
=> lager, lager beer -- (a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September)
Sense 3
malt -- (a cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling)
=> grain, food grain, cereal -- (foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb malt
4 senses of malt
Sense 1
malt -- (treat with malt or malt extract; "malt beer")
=> process, treat -- (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill")
Sense 2
malt -- (turn into malt, become malt)
=> convert -- (change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid")
Sense 3
malt -- (convert grain into malt)
=> convert -- (change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers")
Sense 4
malt -- (convert into malt)
=> convert -- (change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers")