scone

¹

[ skohn, skon ]

noun

1. a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
2. biscuit ¹( def 1 ).

Scone

²

[ skoon, skohn ]

noun

1. a village in central Scotland: site of coronation of Scottish kings until 1651.
2. Stone of, a stone, formerly at Scone, Scotland, upon which Scottish kings sat at coronation, now placed beneath the coronation chair in Westminster Abbey.

Scone

¹

/ skuːn /

noun

1. 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

²

noun

1. skɒnskəʊn 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 a slang word for head

adjective

1. slang.
   1. angry
   2. insane

Word History and Origins

Origin of scone¹

1505–15; shortened < earlier Dutch schoonbrot fine bread, white bread. See sheen, bread

Word History and Origins

Origin of scone¹

C16: Scottish, perhaps from Middle Low German schonbrot, Middle Dutch schoonbrot fine bread

Example Sentences

It had been scheduled to be one of the centrepieces at Cake International hosted by the NEC near Birmingham, but then the hands once scone were gone.

From BBC

Clark says the dish was inspired by an equally large-and-in-charge Giant Cinnamon Roll recipe that the Times published previously, but that it can also ultimately be traced back to one of her “lifelong teatime obsessions”—the question of whether jam could successfully be baked directly into a scone.

From Slate

Clark gets right to the heart of the matter from the jump, writing, “What do you call a scone crossed with a jam cake and a cinnamon roll?”

From Slate

But a proposal was put forward in 2016 to redevelop the building into a museum as a new home for the Stone of Destiny, also known as the Stone of Scone.

From BBC

"I'll be having my tea and scone but I'm happy to leave the responsibility to someone else."

From BBC

Related Words

• bread
• doughnut
• muffin
• pastry
• scone