malter

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UK/ˈmɒltə/UK/ˈmɔːltə/US/ˈmɔl.tɚ/cot caught merger/ˈmɑl.tɚ/

noun

A person who makes malt; a maltster.

OriginMiddle English maltare →
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Meanings

nounmalter (plural malters)

plural malters

  1. datedA person who makes malt; a maltster.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmaltare
  2. Englishmalter

From Middle English maltare, malter, maltar; equivalent to malt + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with malter

WalteralterGibraltaraltarhaltersalterfalterpsalterboltervaulterassaulterexalterjolterpalter
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Sounds the same

Malta (non-rhotic)

Anagrams

martelarmlettramel
Cite this entry
APA

malter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malter

MLA

“malter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “malter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malter.

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