Malting

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The artificial production of germination in grain for the purpose of converting its starch into the greatest possible amount of sugar, as a preparation for brewing, or the conversion by fermentation of this sugar into alcohol.
  • noun. A place where malting is carried on.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The process of making, or of becoming malt.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The process of turning grain into malt.
  • noun. The premises where grain is malted.
  • verb. Present participle of malt.
  • Word Usage
    "The Canadian Wheat Board says it has signed its largest long-term malting barley sales agreement with China."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    verb-stem
    malt