corn muffin
- noun
- /kɔrn ˈmʌfɪn/
- US
- I'll have a cup of coffee and a corn muffin, please.
- corn muffin mix
- corn muffin recipe
- eat your corn muffin
They have frosting, they have corn muffins, cookies, peanut butter cookies.
- They have frosting, they have corn muffins, cookies, peanut butter cookies.
Examples
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"I would prepare a genuine meal for you," she added, fearing perhaps that he thought she would serve only soup and corn muffins.
Fiction book (1993) -
She was older then, and instead of picking out a cherry Danish, she asked for a corn muffin with jelly on the side.
Fiction book (1992) -
But something happened because I heard them yelling, and the next morning my mother woke me with the smell of corn muffins.
Fiction book (1997) -
She thought to pack corn muffins left from lunch and stuff them into the pockets of her dress.
Fiction book (1990) -
Roast chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, corn muffins.
Fiction book (1996) -
Reverend Yordy came calling early the next afternoon, and over Clara's corn muffins and a pitcher of lemonade, discussed with Willis the serious nature of the situation.
Fiction book (1997) -
His mother said it must have been kidnapped and soothed Bob's misery with a batch of fresh muffins, yes, corn muffins plump and springy.
Fiction book (2001) -
I'll have a cup of coffee and a corn muffin, please.
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Daph, you really outdid yourself on these corn muffins today.
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Is that the most delicious corn muffin you've ever had?
Synonyms
A small, round sweet bread baked in a paper cup
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'corn' specifies the main ingredient (maize) and 'muffin' names the baked individual bread, so a learner who knows both words can infer a muffin made from corn. This noun-noun compound follows common, cross-linguistic ingredient+food naming patterns and is immediately transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Corn muffin comes from American cooking, where people used ground corn, called cornmeal, to bake a small, round muffin to eat with meals. So today it means 'a small muffin made from cornmeal'.