muffin

Pronunciation: /ˈmʌf.ɪn/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan

Etymology

From earlier moofin, probably a diminutive of Low German Muffe ("small cake"; Muffen (plural)), from Middle Low German muffe (“small pastry”). An alternative, and phonologically less plausible theory suggests a connection to Old French (pain) moflet (“roll”, literally “soft (bread)”). Sense “vulva” influenced by muff.

In classic literature

Synonyms

gem

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
quick bread
Narrower (hyponyms)
bran muffin, corn muffin, popover

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