Definition of scone
: a rich quick bread cut into usually triangular shapes and cooked on a griddle or baked on a sheet
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But then, toss aside your scone because the real show-stealer is here!
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The event offers sandwiches, scones, fruit, desserts and a cash bar.
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Toast the happy couple and eat your fill of scones, finger sandwiches, clotted cream and cakes at prices from $43 to $94 per person.
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The Royal Park Hotel in downtown Rochester is hosting the early morning soiree in high British style – from Kir Royales to tea sandwiches and scones with clotted cream.
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Their scones are a guilty pleasure for Saturdays with coffee.
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The menu includes tea, finger sandwiches, scones, muffins and desserts.
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English High Tea at Sip Tea Room Multitiered serving towers stuffed with finger sandwiches, scones and other pastries, elegant porcelain pots filled with steaming hot tea — there is nothing quite like English high tea.
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Anyone wishing sip tea and nibble scones while watching the nuptials live will have to boil the kettle early.
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Origin and Etymology of scone
perhaps from Dutch schoonbrood fine white bread, from schoon pure, clean + brood bread
SCONE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of scone for English Language Learners
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: a small, often sweet bread that sometimes has pieces of dried fruit in it
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