malt /mɔːlt $ mɒːlt/ BrE AmE noun
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: mealt ]
1 . [uncountable] grain, usually ↑ barley , that has been kept in water for a time and then dried. It is used for making beer, ↑ whisky etc.
2 . [countable] American English a drink made from milk, malt, and ↑ ice cream that usually has something else such as chocolate added:
a cheeseburger and a chocolate malt
3 . [uncountable and countable] ( also malt whisky ) a type of high quality ↑ whisky from Scotland