scone

/skoʊn/

/skəʊn/

Other forms: scones

Order a scone at a bakery and you'll get a slightly sweet, rich baked good made with baking soda. Scones are traditionally baked in a large circle and cut into triangular pieces.

A scone is like a quick bread, leavened with baking soda instead of yeast and baked on a sheet or griddle. They often contain currants, raisins, or other fruit. In the U.S., scones are dryer and more crumbly than in the U.K., (where they might call American scones "rock cakes"). Scone comes from Scottish, a shortened version of the Dutch schoon brood, "fine bread," and its Middle Dutch roots, schoon, "bright," and broot, "bread."

Definitions of scone

1. noun

   small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle
   types:

   Scotch pancake, drop scone, griddlecake

   a scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle

   type of:

   quick bread

   breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking