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# malt

«malt» in Mova's school dictionary: **barley or other grain that has been soaked, dried and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Malt is barley or other grain that has been soaked, dried and treated so that it can be used to make beer or whisky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malt/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales and country life, the grain kept in a malt-house before brewing

### examples

- The cat and the mouse played in the malt-house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malt/#x1)
- Beer is brewed from malt and hops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malt/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «malt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.