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Malt vs Malting - What's the difference?

malt | malting |

As verbs the difference between malt and malting

is that malt is while malting is .

As a noun malting is

the process of turning grain into malt.

malt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
  • Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
  • * 1896 , , A Shropshire Lad , LXII:
    • 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.
  • (US) Short for "malted milk shake", a milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor
  • Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.

    • Derived terms

    * maltose * malty * malt liquor * single malt * double malt * triple malt

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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.

    • Anagrams

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    malting

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of turning grain into malt.
  • The premises where grain is malted.

    • Verb

    (head)