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scones

UK/skɒnz/

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British/skɔnz/

scones is the plural of scone.

Meaning of scone

Noun

scone (plural scones)

  1. A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
    • On Wednesdays I go shopping / And have buttered scones for tea1975 [1969], “The Lumberjack Song”, performed by Monty Python
  2. (Utah, Idaho) Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.
    • 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.1993, Ann Whiting Orton, “A Fork in the Road: Mom-and-Pop Eateries in Far Reaches of Utah Offer Som of the Finest Fair”, in Deseret News
  3. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) The head.
    • …the white ball left a 5cm gash on his scone despite a floppy white hat absorbing some of the impact.2011 February 2, “Power hitting Pakistani leaves mark on lensman”, in Hawke's Bay Today

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Phrases with scones

Questions about scones

What is scones the plural of?
Scones is the plural of scone.
How do you pronounce scones?
Scones is pronounced /skɒnz/ (UK).

Words near scones in the dictionary

  1. sconchions
  2. sconcing
  3. sconcings
  4. scone
  5. sconed
  6. scones
  7. sconey
  8. Sconiers
  9. Sconierses
  10. sconing
  11. sconned

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