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scone Definition

scone (skōn, skän)

noun

a light cake, often quadrant-shaped and resembling a baking powder biscuit, orig. baked on a griddle, and served with butter

Etymology: Scot, contr. < ? MDu schoonbrot, fine bread < schoon (akin to Ger schön, OE sciene: see sheen), beautiful + brot, bread

Scone Definition

Scone (sko̵̅o̅n, skōn)

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 placed under the coronation chair at Westminster Abbey, the stone was returned to Scotland in 1996

scone Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • bake: We all have fond memories of freshly baked scones every morning at coffee time.
  • butter: I'm sure I spotted Her Majesty buttering the scones!
  • serve: Tea and scones served at your table is a sure way to unwind and appreciate Pinter's important and too little-known poetry.
  • eat: Two large, middle-aged women were eating scones with quiet determination.
  • make: Precious memories of a dear gran, making scones with the angels now.
  • include: Breakfast includes scones baked daily in the Aga oven.

Adjective modifier

  • homemade: Anne of Cleves, the tearoom on Fore Street, makes a fine cream tea with homemade scones a specialty.
  • home-made: Come and meet friends and enjoy a break in your shopping for fresh coffee, home-made scones and a bring & buy stall.
  • warm: Home baking varies from warm scones, jam & cream to home made carrot cake with lemon icing.
  • fresh: Our guests are assured of a warm welcome after their journey with tea and fresh scones.
  • hot: Tea and hot scones are always served on arrival.

Modifies a noun

  • palace: Scone Palace - Scone is a place that breathes history like nowhere else in Scotland.

Noun used with modifier

  • tattie: Breakfast was a plate of plenty ( excluding only tattie scones ) and the rich birdlife of the garden provided most of the entertainment.
  • potato: I don't think you guys get potato scones down South ( ?
  • cheese: Strawberries & cream, stalls, home made cakes and famous cheese scones, raffle, tombola, children's stalls.
  • cream: The speakers were interesting and the unexpected cream scones were a bonus!
  • fruit: Have tea breads, and plain or fruit scones, instead of sugary cakes and biscuits.
  • drop: Only recently I got rid of the sturdy griddle Mom placed on the stove to make drop scones.

Preposition: with

  • jam: Two teas and two scones with jam and clotted cream.

Preposition: for

  • tea: Mary Prince would also appreciate any donations of scones for cream teas at Haresfield House over the weekend.

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