Definition of scone
: a rich quick bread cut into usually triangular shapes and cooked on a griddle or baked on a sheet
What's Trending Now
More Trending Words
Recent Examples of scone from the Web
-
Sandwiched between an ArcLight and the forthcoming Zimmer Children’s Museum, her school’s space is an actual scone’s throw from the original location and nearly triple the size.
-
There should be a wide interest in a place offering tea, scones, sandwiches and more in such a pleasant ambience.
-
This hybrid scone-soda bread has a dense, cake-like texture and unpleasant licorice aftertaste from a heavy hand of caraway seeds.
-
Every Saturday, the goods are delivered to select shops (breads cost $6 to $6.99 each; four scones about $6.99).
-
The air smelled of coffee and fresh-baked scones, and upon every visible surface were platters of delicious food, drinks, and pastries, so crowded together that some threatened to fall off.
-
Priced at $90 per person, the tea includes a tower of traditional high tea fare from savory finger sandwiches to a selection of sweet, bite-sized pastries and scones.
-
The chic store is located right near campus and offers popular treats like macarons and scones.
-
The argument over that bit of afternoon tea etiquette has raged on for years between scone-eating residents of Devon and Cornwall.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'scone.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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
-
: a small, often sweet bread that sometimes has pieces of dried fruit in it
Learn More about scone
-
See words that rhyme with scone Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about scone
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up scone? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
