scone
pronunciation
How to pronounce scone in British English:
UK [skɒn]
How to pronounce scone in American English:
US [skɑn]
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- Noun:
- small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle
Word Origin
- scone
- scone: [16] The word scone first appeared in Scottish English, and does not seem to have made any significant headway south of the border until the 19th century (helped on its way, no doubt, by that great proselytizer of Scottish vocabulary, Sir Walter Scott). It was borrowed from Dutch schoonbrood ‘fine white bread’, a compound formed from schoon ‘beautiful, bright, white’ (first cousin to German schön ‘beautiful’ and related to English sheen and show) and brood ‘bread’.=> sheen, show
- scone (n.)
- "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.)).
Example
- 1. Sitting for some tea . Scone ?
- 2. Oh , gunther , can I get a scone ?
- 3. Here 's a cheddar cheese scone recipe - simply substitute whole-grain flour .
- 4. For a sweet treat , have a currant bun , a scone or a slice of malt loaf and treat chocolate as a treat rather than a snack to have every day .
- 5. Yup , the fast food is expanding their mccafe breakfast options with five new items at the chain 's new england restaurants , including a cheese danish , banana bread , vanilla scone , multi-grain berry muffin , and a blueberry muffin .