noun · rare

scone

scone · scones

скон

Teegebäck

A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddleA small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.

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UK/skɒn/US/skoʊ̯n/

» Let's have scones with our tea.

Meaning

3 senses

A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
Teegebäck
сконskon
small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle
Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.
(Australia, New Zealand, informal)The head.

Examples

11 sentences

Let's have scones with our tea.
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Would you like a spot of tea with your scone?
Бажаєте чашечку чаю до скону?
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She's having tea with her scone.
ruОна пьёт чай со сконом.
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The tea was served with scones.
deZum Tee wurde Gebäck gereicht.
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I want to eat some scones.
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Translations

4 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

pastry:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

pastry:

Origin

Originally Scots, possibly from Middle Low German schö̂ne (“fine flour bread”), or Middle

Originally Scots, possibly from Middle Low German schö̂ne (“fine flour bread”), or Middle Dutch schoonbroot (“fine bread; a kind of flat angular loaf”), from schoon (“fine”) + broot (“bread”). Alternatively, might derive from Scottish Gaelic sgonn (“lump, mouthful”).

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