muffin
A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc., before being eaten.
Other meanings
A cupcake-shaped baked good (for example of cornbread, banana bread, or a chocolate dough), sometimes glazed but typically without frosting, eaten especially for breakfast (in contrast to a cupcake, which is a dessert).
A mechanism used in the Java Network Launching Protocol analogous to the cookie mechanism and which permits a program running in a browser to perform operations on a client machine.
Synonyms
- gem
A kind of
- quick bread
Kinds of muffin
- bran muffin
- corn muffin
Word history
From Middle Low German "muffe" (small pastry).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “muffin” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.