bual

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noun

A variety of madeira (wine) that is less sweet than malmsey.

OriginPortuguese boal →
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Meanings

bual1

nounbual (countable and uncountable, plural buals)

plural buals

  1. countableuncountableA variety of madeira (wine) that is less sweet than malmsey.
    1 more example

    While most pedestrian Madeira is made from a utilitarian grape, the tinta negra mole, the best blends and vintages are created from one of seven noble grapes. The predominant ones are sercial, verdelho, bual (boal) and malvasia (malmsey). […] Bual offers sustained caramel and smoke and moderate sweetness.

    2002 March 13, Matt Lee, Ted Lee, “On Madeira, Bottled Treasure”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015

Bual2

nounBual (plural Buals)

plural Buals

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Boal (“wine grape”).

Origin

  1. Portugueseboal
  2. Englishbual

From Portuguese boal.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

bual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bual

MLA

“bual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bual. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bual,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bual.

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