American muffin
American muffin noun: a cupcake-shaped baked good.
Noun
American muffin (plural American muffins)
- A cupcake-shaped baked good.
- An American muffin is usually yeastless bread baked in a cupcake shape; although defined in some British dictionaries as a sweet.1989, Ofelia García, Ricardo Otheguy, English across Cultures. Cultures across English: A Reader in Cross-cultural Communication, page 239
- The American muffin looks something like a large cupcake, but has a rounded top instead of a flat one and is never toasted.2008, Charis Cotter, Terry Durack, 1001 Foods: The Greatest Gastronomic Sensations on Earth, page 825
Examples of American muffin in a sentence
- American muffins are chemically leavened, enriched, semi-sweet quickbreads baked in individual portions.2015, Darra Goldstein, editor, The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets, page 465:
- Nineteenth-century editions of Cassel's Dictionary of Cookery, published in London, defined the "American muffin" as a "yeast-raised griddle bread."2017, Stella Parks, Brave Tart: Iconic American Desserts:
Forms of American muffin
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Questions about American muffin
- What does American muffin mean?
- American muffin means a cupcake-shaped baked good.
- How do you use American muffin in a sentence?
- American muffins are chemically leavened, enriched, semi-sweet quickbreads baked in individual portions.
- What part of speech is American muffin?
- American muffin is a noun.
- What is the plural of American muffin?
- The plural of American muffin is American muffins.
Words near American muffin in the dictionary
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