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

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

The pair are seated in a suite, fittingly, at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills and, for a moment, they shift their focus toward the two jumbo blueberry muffins in front of them.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bread 
• doughnut 
• pastry 
• scone