scone

Meaning

Noun

1. A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
2. Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.
3. (Australia, New-Zealand, informal) The head.

Verb

To hit on the head.

Synonyms

biscuit

bread roll

cake

🍰

crumpet

fritter

griddlecake

lozenge

muffin

pancake

pie

🥧

roll

waffle

🧇

tea biscuit

slap jack

Translations

bizcocho inglés

Teegebäck

Biskuitkuchen

πίτα

τηγανίτα

είδος κέικ

gâteaux secs

petit pain au lait

pãozinho de minuto

الكعكة

bollo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skɒn/

Etymology

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, Scottish Gaelic sgonn (“lump, mouthful”).