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• scone
  scone

  noun

  a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
• Scone
  Scone

  noun

  a village in central Scotland: site of coronation of Scottish kings until 1651.

scone

¹ American  

[skohn, skon] / skoʊn, skɒn /

noun

1. a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.

2. biscuit.

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Scone ² American  

[skoon, skohn] / skun, skoʊn /

noun

1. a village in central Scotland: site of coronation of Scottish kings until 1651.

2. Stone of, a stone, formerly at Scone, Scotland, upon which Scottish kings sat at coronation, now placed beneath the coronation chair in Westminster Abbey.

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scone ¹ British  

noun

1. a light plain doughy cake made from flour with very little fat, cooked in an oven or (esp originally) on a griddle, usually split open and buttered

2. a slang word for head

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adjective

1. slang

   1. angry

   2. insane

Scone ² British  

/ skuːn /

noun

1. a parish in Perth and Kinross, E Scotland, consisting of the two villages of New Scone and Old Scone, formerly the site of the Pictish capital and the stone upon which medieval Scottish kings were crowned. The stone was removed to Westminster Abbey by Edward I in 1296; it was returned to Scotland in 1996 and placed in Edinburgh Castle. Scone Palace was rebuilt in the Neo-Gothic style in the 19th century

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Etymology

Origin of scone

1505–15; shortened < earlier Dutch schoonbrot fine bread, white bread. See sheen, bread

Explanation

Order a scone at a bakery and you'll get a slightly sweet, rich baked good made with baking soda. Scones are traditionally baked in a large circle and cut into triangular pieces. A scone is like a quick bread, leavened with baking soda instead of yeast and baked on a sheet or griddle. They often contain currants, raisins, or other fruit. In the U.S., scones are dryer and more crumbly than in the U.K., (where they might call American scones "rock cakes"). Scone comes from Scottish, a shortened version of the Dutch schoon brood, "fine bread," and its Middle Dutch roots, schoon, "bright," and broot, "bread."

Example Sentences

He then spoke of a "chance encounter" with Campbell at a summer game fair at Scone Palace in Perth in the summer of 1995.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

The coronation of King Charles in May helped put the Stone of Scone, pronounced Stown uhv Skoon, on Britian’s list, and get an honorable mention on the U.S. list.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2023

The Stone of Destiny - also known as the Stone of Scone, will also be coming to the museum for its opening.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2023

Underneath the seat was a sacred slab known as the Stone of Scone, on which ancient Scottish kings were crowned.

From Washington Times • May 6, 2023

They then conducted her to the regal chair or sacred stone of Scone, which stood before the cross in the eastern division of the chapel.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various

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