: a rich quick bread cut into usually triangular shapes and cooked on a griddle or baked on a sheet
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This is by reservation only and includes tea, sandwiches, scones, and sweet treats.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 June 2026
There were scones, a garden party and an afternoon tea at the White House.
—Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 1 June 2026
Afternoon tea is huge in Tokyo, with diners shelling out nearly 90 billion yen each year to nibble scones and petit-fours.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2026
Quickbreads are breads that are leavened with baking powder or baking soda, as opposed to yeast, including banana bread, zucchini bread, gingerbread, pumpkin bread, orange cranberry bread, cornbread, Irish soda bread and even muffins, drop biscuits and scones.
—Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 June 2026
There were scones, a garden party and an afternoon tea at the White House.
—Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 1 June 2026
Afternoon tea is huge in Tokyo, with diners shelling out nearly 90 billion yen each year to nibble scones and petit-fours.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2026
Quickbreads are breads that are leavened with baking powder or baking soda, as opposed to yeast, including banana bread, zucchini bread, gingerbread, pumpkin bread, orange cranberry bread, cornbread, Irish soda bread and even muffins, drop biscuits and scones.
—Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
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scone
noun
ˈskōn 
ˈskän
: a quick bread baked on a griddle or in an oven
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