Word Study
scone
CIDE DICTIONARY
scone, n.
A cake, thinner than a bannock, made of wheat or barley or oat meal. Burns. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scone, n. a small sweet or savoury cake of flour, fat, and milk, baked quickly in an oven.
Etymology
orig. Sc., perh. f. MDu. schoon(broot), MLG schon(brot) fine (bread)
THESAURUS
scone
Danish, Danish pastry, English muffin, Parker House roll, Yorkshire pudding, bagel, bialy, bialystoker, bun, clover-leaf roll, coffee cake, crescent roll, croissant, cross bun, crumpet, gem, hard roll, hot cross bun, kaiser roll, muffin, onion roll, pinwheel roll, popover, roll, soft rollFor further exploring for "scone" in Webster Dictionary Online