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🏝️ An Atlantic island 🌊 A river in Brazil 🍷 A sweet wine
Madeira

Madeira

5.6
A strong sweet wine from the Madeira Islands often served with dessert
  • noun
  • /məˈdɪərə/
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  • At dinner, we enjoyed a glass of Madeira, which paired beautifully with the dessert.

Examples

  • She served a rich Madeira as a sweet finish to the meal.

  • Caught a blue shark with a bottle of Madeira wine in its tummy tum.

  • Genuine madeira.

    I'm No Angel (1933)

  • Glad to be of service... and what service... what a stunning cake... there really is nothing greater than a classic madeira, so rich and buttery, and look at the rise on it... it's mammoth... thanks so much for taking part this month, Phil x.

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  • The chef recommends adding Madeira to the sauce to enhance its flavor.

Compounds

Madeira cake
  • UK
1 5.6

A rich, firm sponge cake with a close, buttery texture

Madeira Islands
3.9

A group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean west of Morocco that are an autonomous region of Portugal

Madeira River
4.9

A long river in western Brazil that joins the Amazon

Madeira sponge
  • UK
8.1

A rich sponge cake often served with a glass of wine

Madeira winter cherry
9.9

A small South American plant grown indoors for its bright, poisonous, cherry-sized fruit

How Sweet

dessert wine
1 3.7
Madeira
5.6
medium-dry
1 4.0
dry
38 5.6

Surface Forms

Madeira singular
Madeiras plural

Etymology

Madeira for the wine is named after the island Madeira. The wine was made and sent from that island, so the name tells you where the drink comes from.