A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
scone
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for scone.
Editorial note
A coffee and donut at DD has half the calories of a latte and scone at Starbucks.
Quick take
A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of scone gathered in one view.
A village north of Perth in Scotland; the coronation site of Scottish kings until 1651
A town in the Upper Hunter council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for scone.
noun
A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
noun
A village north of Perth in Scotland; the coronation site of Scottish kings until 1651
noun
A town in the Upper Hunter council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia
noun
(Utah, Idaho) Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.
Example sentences
A coffee and donut at DD has half the calories of a latte and scone at Starbucks.
She doesn't just make scones, she has to make 6 kinds of each scone suitable for everybody's special dietary decision.
Maybe ask Ghandi for his favorite scone recipe, so that he won’t nuke you.
It's also the source of my favorite pun in Pratchett's vast wordplay production: the scone of stone, where dwarves royalty is coronated.
It's where I learned about the Wee Scone Variety show, on a local FM station in Midlothian, Scotland.
I added this up, using Wolfram Alpha's calorie count and the Tesco scone linked in this thread.
If you buy a single fresh scone individually at a supermarket stand or at a bakery - that's going to cost a dollar.
What I consider to be a scone costs about $1 alone where I live here in Canada.
But have a cup of coffee and a scone at Starbucks?
I always look at my receipt upon purchase, even for a $7 latte and scone.
I have also met H1Bs who have the mental acuity of a mildewy scone.
Couple of small bagels with some cream cheese + scone (also ~550-600 cal) and I feel much less full after a couple of hours.
Quote examples
The thing the US call scones is different from the thing the UK calls "scone".
Or you've got "scone", should that use the same phonetic spelling as "cone" or "one"?
Perhaps the best example of that is that, as one of the linked maps [0] says, both British people who rhyme "scone" with "gone" and those who rhyme it with "alone" think that the other pronunciation is the "posh" one.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use scone in a sentence?
A coffee and donut at DD has half the calories of a latte and scone at Starbucks.
What does scone mean?
A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
What part of speech is scone?
scone is commonly used as noun.