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.
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Origin of muffin
First recorded in 1695–1705; origin uncertain
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British Dictionary definitions for muffin
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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