scone
A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddleA small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
» Let's have scones with our tea.
Scott · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesA 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 sentencesLet's have scones with our tea.
Would you like a spot of tea with your scone?
Бажаєте чашечку чаю до скону? — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
She's having tea with her scone.
ruОна пьёт чай со сконом. — Karok
The tea was served with scones.
deZum Tee wurde Gebäck gereicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I want to eat some scones.
Translations
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Origin
Originally Scots, possibly from Middle Low German schö̂ne (“fine flour bread”), or MiddleOriginally 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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