muffin

[ muhf-in ]

/ ˈmʌf ɪn /

noun

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.

English muffin.

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Origin of muffin

First recorded in 1695–1705; origin uncertain

Words nearby muffin

muesli bar, muezzin, muf, muff, muff glass, muffin, muffin man, muffin stand, muffin top, muffineer, muffle

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Peel it, chop it, steam or boil it and turn it into muffins, or pie, or biscuits or a curry or soup.
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“Hey, muffins,” he calls to his children, with a “wince of mortification” at the whole scene.
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And if you love the muffins at Starbucks, boy, does that turn out to be alarming news.
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The flavor of these muffins seems to improve if they are eaten a couple of hours after baking.
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Jerry Ford was once hailed for making his own English muffins after the long national nightmare of Richard Nixon ended.
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It is because bases neutralize acids that you put baking soda with sour milk when you make sour milk pancakes or muffins.
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Marry Ann and at the end of a week you'll find no more inspiration than in a plate of muffins.
Man And Superman|George Bernard Shaw
Scott, are you going to take all those sausages and muffins, you bespectacled ruffian!
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When they came in they found the parlour being prepared for company, and were sent to procure sausages and muffins for tea.
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Time will tell, if we don't expire from the over-eating of pie and muffins before that time arrives.
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British Dictionary definitions for muffins

muffin

/ (ˈmʌfɪn) /

noun

British a thick round baked yeast roll, usually toasted and served with butter

US and Canadian a small cup-shaped sweet bread roll, usually eaten hot with butter

Word Origin for muffin

C18: perhaps from Low German muffen, cakes

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muffin

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