scone

See also: Scone

English

scones (1)

Etymology

Originally Scots, possibly from Middle Low German schö̂ne (fine flour bread), or from Greek σκόνη (skóni, dust) or Middle Dutch schoonbroot (fine bread; a kind of flat angular loaf), from schoon (fine) + broot (bread); alternatively, Scottish Gaelic sgonn (lump, mouthful).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: skŏn, skōn, IPA(key): /skɒn/, /skəʊn/
  • (General American) enPR: skōn, skŏn, IPA(key): /skoʊn/, /skɑn/
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  • Rhymes: -ɒn, -əʊn

Noun

scone (plural scones)

  1. A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
  2. (Utah, Idaho) Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.
    • 1993, Ann Whiting Orton, “A Fork in the Road: Mom-and-Pop Eateries in Far Reaches of Utah Offer Som of the Finest Fair”, in Deseret News:
      Dinner rolls and deep-fried crusty scones that border on loaf-size or juicy fruit pies tagged with county-fair blue ribbons rise from backroad eating sites.
  3. (informal, Australia, New Zealand) The head.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

scone (third-person singular simple present scones, present participle sconing, simple past and past participle sconed)

  1. (transitive, slang, Australia, New Zealand) To hit on the head.

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Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Adjective

scone

  1. Alternative spelling of schône

Scots

Etymology

Possibly from Middle Low German schö̂ne (fine flour bread), or from Greek σκόνη (skóni, dust) or Middle Dutch schoonbroot (fine bread; a kind of flat angular loaf), from schoon (fine) + broot (bread); alternatively, Scottish Gaelic sgonn (lump, mouthful).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [skɔn]

Verb

scone

  1. to strike the surface of something with some flat object
  2. to crush flat with a slap

Noun

scone (plural scones)

  1. a semisweet cake made of wheat or barley flour, usually large and round
  2. a slap with the flat of the hand

Derived terms

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