muffin

[muhf-in]

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.

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

She uploads daily videos to her YouTube channel, cooking up recipes like shrimp gumbo casserole and peaches and cream muffins for her nearly 600,000 subscribers to feast on.

From Salon

The result was thrown out — and never publicized — because O’Neal told officials he’d eaten a poppy seed muffin shortly before the test.

From Los Angeles Times

The model-actor said she would share her home-baked bread, cookies and muffins with her co-star.

From Los Angeles Times

We still ate it, spooned over toasted English muffins with poached eggs, but I couldn’t get past the texture.

From Salon

On top of the table her purse flopped open and from its mouth spilled curling checkbooks, loose cash, half a muffin in a napkin and bottles of Chinese herbs.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bread 
• doughnut 
• pastry 
• scone