A scone is a small cake made from flour and fat, usually eaten with butter.
[mainly British]
We chatted over tea and scones.
scone in British English
noun
1. (skɒn, skəʊn)
a light plain doughy cake made from flour with very little fat, cooked in an oven or (esp originally) on a griddle, usually split open and buttered
2. (skɒn) Australian a slang word for head (sense 1)
3. off one's scone
Word origin
C16: Scottish, perhaps from Middle Low German schonbrot, Middle Dutch schoonbrot fine bread
Scone in British English
(skuːn)
noun
a parish in Perth and Kinross, E Scotland, consisting of the two villages of New Scone and Old Scone, formerly the site of the Pictish capital and the stone upon which medieval Scottish kings were crowned. The stone was removed to Westminster Abbey by Edward I in 1296; it was returned to Scotland in 1996 and placed in Edinburgh Castle. Scone Palace was rebuilt in the Neo-Gothic style in the 19th century
Scone in American English
(skun; skoʊn)
village in E Scotland northeast of Perth: site of an abbey that contained the stone (Stone of Scone) on which Scottish kings before 1296 were crowned: removed by Edward I and placedunder the coronation chair at Westminster Abbey, the stone was returned to Scotland in 1996
scone in American English
(skoʊn; skɑn)
noun
a light cake, often quadrant-shaped and resembling a baking powder biscuit, orig. baked on a griddle, and served with butter
Word origin
Scot, contr. < ? MDu schoonbrot, fine bread < schoon (akin to Ger schön, OE sciene: see sheen), beautiful + brot, bread