Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: madeira
IPA transcription: [məd'ɪɹə]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Madeira
    Meaning: an amber dessert wine from the Madeira Islands
  • Synonyms: Madeira
    Meaning: an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa; the largest of the Madeira Islands
  • Synonyms: Madeira, Madeira_River
    Meaning: a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River
Usage examples
  • Add three glasses of sherry and madeira and allow it to boil once, when it is ready to serve.
  • "My! we have got a jolly lot of cake; that's good," and Clarence looked very approvingly at the nice plum-cake and the Madeira cake, which is a sort of sponge cake with slices of preserved citron on top of it,--a favourite cake for teas.
  • Butter a baking-dish, sprinkle with bread-crumbs, lay a sea-trout upon it, cover with crumbs, dot with butter, squeeze over the juice of half a lemon, and bake, adding enough water to keep from burning. Brown a tablespoonful of flour in butter, add the liquid drained from the fish, one cupful each of mushroom and oyster liquor, and a wineglassful of Madeira.