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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
scone
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
make
▪ If I had been staying with you I ... I would have shown you how I can make a scone ... scones.
▪ I am going to make the scones now.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A daily variety of fresh-baked scones offer another avenue of innovation.
▪ And maybe a plate of sandwiches and some scones.
▪ Chilled fruit and scones awaited us in the tiny kitchen.
▪ If I had been staying with you I ... I would have shown you how I can make a scone ... scones.
▪ Swallowing the last of the scone he ran over the drive and into the house to see Martin disappearing into the study.
▪ The lowest tier on the tea tray holds four glass containers of jams and custard and the promise of scones to come.
▪ They raided the main city bakery to dispense scones and cakes to workers at the civic centre.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scone

Scone \Scone\, n. A cake, thinner than a bannock, made of wheat or barley or oat meal. [Written variously, scon, skone, skon, etc.] [Scot.]
--Burns.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
scone

"thin, flat soft cake," 1510s, Scottish, probably shortened from Dutch schoon brood "fine bread," from Middle Dutch schoonbroot, from schoon, scone "bright, beautiful" (see sheen) + broot (see bread (n.)).

Wiktionary
scone

n. 1 A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle 2 (context Utah English) frybread served with honey butter spread on the cooked bread vb. (context Australia, NZ English) To hit, especially on the head.

WordNet
scone

n. small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle

Wikipedia
Scone

A scone is a single-serving quick bread. They are usually made of wheat, barley or oatmeal, with baking powder as a leavening agent, and are baked on sheet pans. They are often lightly sweetened and are occasionally glazed with egg wash. The scone is a basic component of the cream tea or Devonshire tea. It differs from a teacake and other sweet buns, which are made with yeast.

Scone (disambiguation)

Scone can represent several things:

Scone (category theory)

In the mathematical discipline of category theory, the scone category is a construction that yields a set-like construction out of a given category. The only requirement is that the original category has a terminal object. The scone category inherits almost any categorical construct the original category has. Scones can be used to generally describe proofs that use logical relations.

Usage examples of "scone".

They alone of the senior members of Scone were at home that evening, for it was the night of the annual dinner of the Bollinger Club.

When the Brits want something bad enough, they quit messing around with the tall, propah gents who were raised on tea and scones, and they send in the pintsized badasses.

Brother Ninian had sent word that Abbot Fingon would be on his way to Scone from the Columban house on lona, and that Abbot Henry would be contributing to the secret ceremony.

It was a tea worth waiting for, in the true Exmoor tradition, with farmhouse scones, heather honey in the comb and clotted cream.

Jaikie and Dougal sat in the kitchen, staying a hearty hunger with farles of oatcake and new-baked scones, and a healthier thirst with immense cups of strong-brewed tea.

Ever since then the Stone of Scone has been under the coronation throne in Westminster and English kings have been crowned on it.

The travellers fell greedily upon the food, but Jock contented himself with a cup of tea and a new-baked scone.

Mister Nibbles was chittering angrily at the bear, who was seated on the sofa within easy grabbing distance of a large platter of scones, muffins, and assorted tea cakes.

Then the three fell to a meal of burn trout, oatcakes, scones, cloudberry jam, and thick creamy milk, after which the host concocted a modest bowl of toddy.

I put these worries out of my head when the steaming scones emerged from the oven.

While he soaped his hands, I fixed him scones, cheddar slices, and a soft drink.

Once the salad molds and shrimp were chilling in the refrigerator, and the curry sauce was cooling, I powered up with a double espresso, two reheated scones, two thick pats of unsalted butter, and generous dollops of blueberry preserves.

She was uncovering the plate which Hub had given her, to discover little cakes as well as scones, when Mrs Mac Rae arrived.

She finished the scones, polished off a slice of cherry cake and bore the tray back to the kitchen, her mind in a fine muddle, her confusion considerably increased by the delight she felt at seeing him again.

Tory allowed her plate to be loaded with omelet, ham, scones and a small side dish of oatmeal, until she was afraid that the china would crack under the weight.