muffin

B1 · Intermediate Countable noun Cooking British English

n. a flat, round bread roll that is usually cut in half and toasted.

n. a flat, circular, yeast-leavened bread, typically toasted and served with butter; often referred to as an 'English muffin' outside the UK.

“He toasted a muffin and spread it with plenty of butter and jam.”

“For a traditional breakfast, the chef served poached eggs on a toasted muffin with a side of hollandaise sauce.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun Informal · Humorous

n. a sweet name you call someone you love, like a partner or a child.

n. a term of endearment used to address a loved one, typically a romantic partner or a small child.

“Don't worry about the mess, muffin, I'll help you clean it up.”

“While some find it cloying, he frequently uses 'muffin' as a pet name for his youngest daughter.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Computing Technical

n. a technical tool in some computer programs that works like a 'cookie' to save information.

n. a mechanism in the Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP) that functions similarly to a browser cookie, allowing local data persistence.

“The application uses a muffin to store the user's local preferences.”

“The developer implemented a muffin to ensure that the client-side state was preserved across different sessions of the web-start application.”