bitter vs malt

bitter

noun
  • A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic. 

  • A type of beer heavily flavored with hops. 

  • A turn of a cable about the bitts. 

  • A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits). 

adj
  • Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance). 

  • Harsh, piercing or stinging. 

  • Hateful or hostile. 

  • Cynical and resentful. 

verb
  • To make bitter. 

malt

noun
  • A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor. 

  • Malt liquor, especially malt whisky. 

  • Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise. 

  • Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain. 

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. 

  • To become malt. 

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