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corn muffin

corn muffin

3 1.0
A small cake made from cornmeal like cornbread
  • noun
  • /kɔrn ˈmʌfɪn/
  • US
translation icon : muffin de maíz
  • 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.

Examples

  • "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.

  • Daph, you really outdid yourself on these corn muffins today.

  • Is that the most delicious corn muffin you've ever had?

Synonyms

muffin
vscorn muffin
295 1.0

A small, round sweet bread baked in a paper cup

is made from cornmeal and has a denser cornbread-like texture not the sweet batter

Surface Forms

corn muffin singular
corn muffins plural

Morphology

corn + muffin

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'.