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Synonyms for muffin

Grammar : Noun
Spell : muhf-in
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmʌf ɪn

Définition of muffin

Origin :
  • "light, small cake made with eggs," 1703, moofin, possibly from Low German muffen, plural of muffe "small cake;" or somehow connected with Old French moflet "soft, tender" (said of bread). Muffin top in reference to waistline bulge over tight, low jeans is attested by 2005, from resemblance to baked muffins from a tin.
  • As in bun : noun baked roll
Example sentences :
  • He turned towards the muffin, and missed the lost piece at a glance.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • I'd turn milk or muffin man, and serve the street they lived in.
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • So I bought a muffin, ate it, and went down to the wharf to look for a job.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
  • He smiled lazily at her and took a muffin from a plate handed him by the waiter.
  • Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
  • The back of the patient, with the cups in even rows, looks to me like a muffin pan.
  • Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin
  • Bake on the griddle or add a little more flour and bake in muffin rings.
  • Extract from : « 365 Luncheon Dishes » by Anonymous
  • She buttered her third muffin and then glanced happily around the table.
  • Extract from : « Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party » by C. E. Jacobs
  • Sit down, grandpapa, and have your muffin while it is hot; I know that is what you like.
  • Extract from : « Phoebe, Junior » by Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant
  • So the mother gave him a muffin and patched his trousers, and the boy went off.
  • Extract from : « Edmund Dulacs Fairy-Book » by Edmund Dulac
  • Then the boy took his muffin, and, breaking off a little piece, handed it to him.
  • Extract from : « Edmund Dulacs Fairy-Book » by Edmund Dulac

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