muffin n 1: a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan [syn: {muffin}, {gem}]
Muffin \Muf"fin\, n. [From {Muff}.] A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea. [1913 Webster]
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "muffin": Danish, Danish pastry, English muffin, Parker House roll, Yorkshire pudding, bagel, bialy, bialystoker, bun, clover-leaf roll, coffee cake, crescent roll, croissant, cross bun, crumpet, gem, hard roll, hot cross bun, kaiser roll, onion roll, pinwheel roll, popover, roll, scone, soft roll