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

Example Sentences

She takes me to a matinee of The Nutcracker, and then we eat scones and mini sandwiches at the teahouse downtown.

From Literature

And she watched all four episodes again that night, when she hosted a watch party for her friends with finger sandwiches, scones and tea.

From BBC

Colin leaves to retrieve the scone, and I quickly run my hands along the bar, feeling for a piece of cutlery or any sort of lock-popping instrument.

From Literature

When we finally do reach the top, Babs unzips her backpack and offers a thermos of tea and a bag of scones all around.

From Literature

Mrs. Clarke spread a fat dollop of clotted cream on her scone.

From Literature

Related Words

• bread
• doughnut
• muffin
• pastry