Definition of scone Scone

/skowˈn/ - [skown] - scone

We found 9 definitions of scone from 7 different sources.

What does scone mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: scones

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

quick bread breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking

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Wiktionary

scone (Noun)
A small, rich, pastry or quick bread , sometimes baked on a griddle.
scone (Noun)
frybread served with honey butter spread on the cooked bread.
scone (Verb)
To hit, especially on the head.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

scone (n.)
A cake, thinner than a bannock, made of wheat or barley or oat meal.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

scone
A small British bread made of wheat, barley or oatmeal with baking powder as leavening agent.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

scone
skōn, n. (Scot.) a soft cake fired on a griddle. [Perh. Gael. sgonn, a shapeless mass.]

Wikipedia

A scone is a kind of baked bread.

Scones are soft and light.

A scone is a bread thicker than a bannock. It is made of wheat, barley or oatmeal, usually with baking powder as leavening agent. The pronunciation in the United Kingdom is open to debate. Some sections of the population pronounce it as sk'on (to rhyme with gone), and the rest pronounce it sk'own (to rhyme with cone). The former pronunciation is more popular in Scotland.

The scone closely resembles a North American biscuit (many recipes are, in fact, the same) — itself not to be confused with the Commonwealth biscuit, which North Americans call a "cookie". In the United States, there is a growing tendency to refer to sweet variations as "scones" (perhaps under influence from espresso bars, where they are popular fare), while savoury ones are known as "biscuits"; in Canada, both tend to be called "biscuits" or "tea biscuits".

In the Commonwealth, scones frequently include raisins, currants, cheese or dates. In the United States, scones sold by coffee shops often include sweeter and more elaborate fillings, such as cranberries, blueberries, nuts, or even chocolate chip scones. In both the Commonwealth and North America, mass-produced scones tend to be doughier than home-made scones.

In Scotland and Ulster savoury varieties of scone include soda scones, also known as soda farls, and potato scones, normally known as tattie scones, which resemble small, thin savoury pancakes made with potato flour. Potato scones are most

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scone, noun, singular of scones.

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