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muffinlike

muffinlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a muffin.

Adjective

muffinlike (comparative more muffinlike, superlative most muffinlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a muffin.
    • While the mixture is very similar to crepe batter, when you confine it to deep, narrow, muffinlike molds, the surface of the batter sets and the air is trapped, so that the pastry has nowhere to go but up and out, creating a gravity-defying bubble.2009 March 15, Amanda Hesser, “1966: Maida Heatter’s Popovers”, in New York Times

Forms of muffinlike

comparativemore muffinlike
superlativemost muffinlike
alternative formmuffin-like

Origin of muffinlike

From muffin + -like.

Questions about muffinlike

What does muffinlike mean?
Muffinlike means resembling or characteristic of a muffin.
What part of speech is muffinlike?
Muffinlike is an adjective.

Words near muffinlike in the dictionary

  1. muffings
  2. muffinier
  3. muffiniers
  4. muffining
  5. muffinless
  6. muffinlike
  7. muffins
  8. muffinsucker
  9. muffiny
  10. muffish
  11. muffishness

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