scone

[ skohn, skon ]
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noun
  1. a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.

Origin of scone

1
1505–15; shortened < earlier Dutch schoonbrot fine bread, white bread. See sheen, bread

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Other definitions for Scone (2 of 2)

Scone
[ 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.

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How to use scone in a sentence

  • Kenneth, the second son of Alpin, having enlarged his dominions by the conquest of the Picts, transferred the stone to scone.

  • I ordered a glass of cold milk and a scone for myself and a pint of hot milk to replenish baby's bottle.

British Dictionary definitions for scone (1 of 2)

scone

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 (def. 1)

adjective
  1. Australian slang

    • angry

    • insane

Origin of scone

1
C16: Scottish, perhaps from Middle Low German schonbrot, Middle Dutch schoonbrot fine bread

British Dictionary definitions for Scone (2 of 2)

Scone

/ (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

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