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Meaning of muffin

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

muffin

Pronunciation:/ˈmʌfɪn/

noun

Definitions

  1. A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten.

  2. A type of individual bread such as corn, bran, banana or zucchini bread often sliced and spread with butter, etc before being eaten.

  3. (especially US) (informally) A cupcake without frosting, but sometimes glazed.

  4. 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.