scone
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scone¹
- /skɒn/ UK
- /skəʊ̯n/ UK
- /skɔn/ British, Multicultural London English, Southern
- /skoʊ̯n/ US
- /skɑn/ US
Rhymes with -ɒn, -əʊn
Where it comes from
Originally Scots, possibly from Middle Low German schö̂ne (“fine flour bread”), or Middle Dutch schoonbroot (“fine bread; a kind of flat angular loaf”), from schoon (“fine”) + broot (“bread”). Alternatively, might derive from Scottish Gaelic sgonn (“lump, mouthful”).
noun scones
- A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle. On Wednesdays I go shopping / And have buttered scones for tea
- Frybread served with honey butter spread on it. 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.
- The head. …the white ball left a 5cm gash on his scone despite a floppy white hat absorbing some of the impact.
verb scones · sconing · sconed
- To hit on the head.
Scone²
- /skuːn/
Rhymes with -uːn
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Scots Scone.
proper noun
- A village north of Perth in Scotland; the coronation site of Scottish kings until 1651 ROSS: Will you to Scone? MACDUFF: No, cousin, I'll to Fife.
- A town in the Upper Hunter council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia
Translations
Talk about this word "scone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/scone. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. scone. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/scone "scone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/scone.Cite this
@misc{scone_2026,
title = {scone},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scone},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
