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- [muhf-in]
- /ˈmʌf ɪn/
- /ˈmʌf.ɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [muhf-in]
- /ˈmʌf ɪn/
Definitions of muffin word
- noun muffin 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. 1
- noun muffin English muffin. 1
- noun muffin A small domed cake or quick bread made from batter or dough. 1
- countable noun muffin Muffins are small, round, sweet cakes, usually with fruit or bran inside. They are often eaten with butter for breakfast. 0
- countable noun muffin Muffins are small, flat, sweet bread rolls that you eat hot with butter. 0
- noun muffin a thick round baked yeast roll, usually toasted and served with butter 0
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Origin of muffin
First appearance:
before 1695 One of the 49% oldest English words
First recorded in 1695-1705; origin uncertain
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Muffin
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
muffin popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
muffin usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for muffin
noun muffin
- doughnut — a small cake of sweetened or, sometimes, unsweetened dough fried in deep fat, typically shaped like a ring or, when prepared with a filling, a ball.
- pastry — a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- bread — Bread is a very common food made from flour, water, and yeast.
- scone — a village in central Scotland: site of coronation of Scottish kings until 1651.
- danish — Danish is the language spoken in Denmark.
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See also
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