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muf⋅fin

[muhf-in]
–noun
1. 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.
2. English muffin.

Origin:
1695–1705; orig. uncert.
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muf·fin   (mŭf'ĭn)   
n.  
  1. A small, cup-shaped quick bread, often sweetened.

  2. An English muffin.


[Possibly from Low German Muffen, pl. of Muffe, small cake, from Middle Low German.]
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