muffin

American  

[muhf-in] / ˈmʌf ɪn /

noun

1. 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.

2. English muffin.

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muffin British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of muffin

First recorded in 1695–1705; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

After all, it’s one thing to ride your bike on your own or in a training group, stopping every 30K to eat a muffin and tell lies about your fondo results.

From The Wall Street Journal

Its “Country Vegetable Plate” — a choose-your-own adventure of classic sides with biscuits or corn muffins — is proof that pleasure need not center a protein.

From Salon

The last thing I ate was a blueberry muffin on the plane.

From Literature

We walk outside to the lānai, where there’s a table covered in little muffins and pastries and cups of juice.

From Literature

We’d get muffins or donuts and eat them in bed and watch as much TV as I wanted, and we could stay in our pajamas all day.

From Literature

Related Words

• bread
• doughnut
• pastry
• scone