Cereal vs Malt - What's the difference?
cereal | malt |
(countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
(uncountable) The grains of such a grass.
(uncountable) Breakfast cereal.
(countable) A particular type of breakfast cereal.
grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
* 1896 , , A Shropshire Lad , LXII:
(US) Short for "malted milk shake", a milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor
Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.
To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.
As nouns the difference between cereal and malt
is that cereal is a type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains while malt is malted grain sprouted grain (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.As a proper noun Cereal
is a village in Alberta, Canada.As a verb malt is
to convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.cereal
English
(wikipedia cereal)Noun
(en-noun)- Would you like some cereal ?
- Which cereal would you like for breakfast?
Hyponyms
*Derived terms
* cereal bar * cereal dust * cereal killer * pseudocerealExternal links
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* * * English eponyms ----malt
English
Noun
(en noun)- Oh many a peer of England brews
- Livelier liquor than the Muse,
- And malt does more than Milton can
- To justify God's ways to man.