Muffin Definition

mŭfĭn
muffins
noun
muffins
A quick bread made with eggs, baked in a small cup-shaped mold.
Webster's New World
An English muffin.
American Heritage

(UK) A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten.

Wiktionary

(especially US) A type of rich individual cake containing chocolate chips, blueberries or some other flavouring.

Wiktionary

(computing) A mechanism used in the Java Network Launching Protocol analogous to the cookie mechanism and which permits a program running in a browser to perform operations on a client machine.

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Other Word Forms of Muffin

Noun

Singular:
muffin
Plural:
muffins

Origin of Muffin

  • Possibly from Low German Muffen pl. of Muffe small cake from Middle Low German

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • The origin is unknown.

    From Wiktionary

Muffin Sentence Examples

  • He smiled but reached for a fresh muffin instead.

  • Sofia watched her take a bite of a muffin, at once longing and agitated.

  • She ate the last of her muffin, leaving Dean to wonder if she even heard him.

  • Young Donnie munched on his fourth or fifth muffin, ignored by and ignoring his stepfather.

  • Dean retired to his quarters, bearing a warm muffin that Cynthia sampled with an approving nod.

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Words Starting With

MMUMUF

Words Ending With

NINFIN

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Words Starting With M and Ending With N

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With M6 Letter Words Ending With N