muffin
Americannoun
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an individual cup-shaped quick bread made with wheat flour, cornmeal, or the like, and baked in a pan muffin pan containing a series of cuplike forms.
noun
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a thick round baked yeast roll, usually toasted and served with butter
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a small cup-shaped sweet bread roll, usually eaten hot with butter
Etymology
Origin of muffin
First recorded in 1695–1705; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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Historically, it was basically a couple of flavors of muffin tops.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
He could be relaxing at a cliff-side pool, jet-skiing behind a yacht, or sinking his teeth into a forbidden, gluten-rich blueberry muffin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
One of my evergreen gripes with the standard-issue coffee shop blueberry muffin is that it never quite tastes like it believes in blueberries.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025
He said he generally doesn’t leave tips when he’s ordering a coffee or a muffin at a quick-serve establishment.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 24, 2025
I watch him secretly from the kitchen, where he’s left a blueberry muffin for me on a small plate.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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