What does scone mean?
Scone means A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle..
Scone
/skɒn/ · noun
Meaning
A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle..
Definitions by Sense
- A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
- (Utah, Idaho) Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.
- (informal, Australia, New Zealand) The head.
- (transitive, slang, Australia, New Zealand) To hit on the head.
Example Sentences
On Wednesdays I go shopping / And have buttered scones for tea
Well, that's all right, then, Brian. Sit down. Have a scone. Make yourself at home. You klutz!
Dinner rolls and deep-fried crusty scones that border on loaf-size or juicy fruit pies tagged with county-fair blue ribbons rise from backroad eating sites.
…the white ball left a 5cm gash on his scone despite a floppy white hat absorbing some of the impact.
After Essendon coach James Hird tumbled off his bike and hit his scone on the unforgiving South Yarra terrain on Monday night, the chances are he was administered the Cogstate concussion test.
Synonyms for scone
Antonyms for scone
Related Words
Word Forms
- scones
- sconing
- sconed
Usage Notes
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On Wednesdays I go shopping / And have buttered scones for tea
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