Definition

Noun: 1. A dry powder made from a mixture of dried milk and malted cereal grains (typically barley and wheat). 2. A beverage, specifically a milkshake, made by mixing this powder with milk and often ice cream.

Usage and Examples

• Noun (Powder):
  • She added a spoonful of malted milk to her hot chocolate for extra flavor.
  • The recipe calls for malted milk powder as a key ingredient.
• Noun (Beverage):
  • I'll have a chocolate malted milk, please.
  • The diner is famous for its thick and creamy malted milk.

Advanced Usage

• The term can function attributively as a noun modifier.
  • He ordered a malted milk shake. (Here, "malted milk" describes the type of shake.)

Variants and Related Words

• Malt (noun): Grain, usually barley, that has been soaked, germinated, and dried, used especially in brewing and distilling and as a flavoring.
• Milkshake (noun): A cold drink made of milk, flavoring, and often ice cream, blended until frothy.

Synonyms

• For the powder: malted milk powder.
• For the beverage: malt, malted, malted milkshake.

Notes on Meaning

The meaning is highly context-dependent. In a grocery store, "malted milk" almost always refers to the powder. In a restaurant or soda fountain, it almost always refers to the finished beverage. The beverage sense is a shortened form of "malted milk shake."

Noun

1. powder made of dried milk and malted cereals
2. a milkshake made with malt powder