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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