: a quick bread made of batter containing egg and baked in a pan having cuplike molds
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Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2025
The muffins have a sell by date of 2/18/2025 and are packed in a clear container.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
Use an ice cream scoop to dollop the batter into a muffin tin.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
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Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2025
The muffins have a sell by date of 2/18/2025 and are packed in a clear container.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
Use an ice cream scoop to dollop the batter into a muffin tin.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
Ice cream flavors on its website include dulce de leche brownie, lemon poppy seed muffin and Sicilian pistachio.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for muffin
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“Muffin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muffin. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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muffin
noun
muf·fin
ˈməf-ən 
: a bread made of batter containing egg that is baked in a small cup-shaped container
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