muffin

[ muhf-in ]

noun

1. an individual cup-shaped quick bread made with wheat flour, cornmeal, or the like, and baked in a pan muffin pan containing a series of cuplike forms.
2. English muffin.

muffin

/ ˈmʌfɪn /

noun

1. a thick round baked yeast roll, usually toasted and served with butter
2. a small cup-shaped sweet bread roll, usually eaten hot with butter

Word History and Origins

Origin of muffin¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of muffin¹

C18: perhaps from Low German muffen, cakes

Example Sentences

The Marriott Bonvoy app allows guests to preorder meals, which they can get at the kiosks, including breakfast items like yogurt, fruit, muffins, and hot sandwiches.

From Vox

Coffee shop staff should not have to worry about their unvaccinated child or their immunocompromised mother every time somebody sits down to enjoy a muffin.

From Voice of San Diego

Patty Diez, project managerI probably haven’t had a muffin in two years, which seems excessive for something so basic, but I’m just not usually a person who counts pastries as breakfast.

From Eater

I probably haven’t had a muffin in two years, which seems excessive for something so basic, but I’m just not usually a person who counts pastries as breakfast.

From Eater

You may have seen “Great British Baking Show” contestants lose it over florentines in the past, but this is a much more amateur-friendly version, which is baked in a muffin tin.

From Washington Post

I have two daughters, Poppet and her 17-year-old sister Muffin.

From The Daily Beast

No matter what was on that flag—a white buttercup, a corn muffin, the skeleton of an alligator, who knows?

From The Daily Beast

Its apple-carrot muffin is a moist and comforting treat that tastes like your grandmother baked it especially for you.

From The Daily Beast

A popular Toronto bakery sells an organic vegan muffin made from sweet potatoes and dates.

From The Daily Beast

None, however, rival “Muffin Top” for sheer absurdity—and genius.

From The Daily Beast

He smiled lazily at her and took a muffin from a plate handed him by the waiter.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Morton led the way to the parlour, where Master Tom, reperched on the stool, was rapidly digesting the plundered muffin.

From Project Gutenberg

Then the young man took his muffin, and, breaking off a little bit of it, handed it to the man with the bow and arrow.

From Project Gutenberg

Then the young man took his muffin, and, breaking off a little bit of it, handed it to the man who gazed at the sun.

From Project Gutenberg

Then the young man took his muffin, and, breaking off a little bit of it, handed it to the man with the mouth as large as a river.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• bread
• doughnut
• pastry
• scone