malt-comes
/ˈmɔːltˌkəʊmz/ /ˈmɔːltˌkuːmz/ /ˈmɔːltˌkʌmz/(also malt-combs, malt-coombs, malt-culms) Now chiefly British regional
noun
Treated as plural. In the process of malting: the radicles and acrospires of grain that has been partly germinated and kiln-dried, which are separated from the malt. Also (rarely) collectively, in singular form.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Promptorium Parvulorum. From malt + the plural of come.
- addition agent
- additional
- additionality
- additionally
- additional member system
- addition formula
- addition reaction
- addition–elimination
- additive
- additive-free
- additively
- additive manufacturing
- additivity
- additory
- addle
- addle-brain
- addlebrained
- addled
- Addled Parliament
- addle egg
- addle-head
- addle-headed
- addleheaded
- addle-headedness
- addlement