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muffin
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun muffin has 1 sense
- muffin(n = noun.food) gem - a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan; Array is a kind of quick bread
has particulars: bran muffin, corn muffin, popover
CIDE DICTIONARY
muffin, n. [From Muff.].
A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
muffin, n.
1 Brit. a light flat round spongy cake, eaten toasted and buttered.
2 US a similar round cake made from batter or dough.
1 Brit. a light flat round spongy cake, eaten toasted and buttered.
2 US a similar round cake made from batter or dough.
Idiom
muffin-man Brit. (formerly) a seller of muffins in the street.
Etymology
18th c.: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
muffin
Danish, Danish pastry, English muffin, Parker House roll, Yorkshire pudding, bagel, bialy, bialystoker, bun, clover-leaf roll, coffee cake, crescent roll, croissant, cross bun, crumpet, gem, hard roll, hot cross bun, kaiser roll, onion roll, pinwheel roll, popover, roll, scone, soft roll
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