: a rich quick bread cut into usually triangular shapes and cooked on a griddle or baked on a sheet
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The Signature Tea with tea, finger sandwiches, scones, Devonshire cream, preserves and pastries is $75.
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The Denver Post, Denver Post, 1 Aug. 2025
Bake scones at Ballyknocken Cookery School, located on a scenic County Wicklow farm owned by celebrity chef Catherine Fulvio.
—AFAR Media, 29 July 2025
Pastries and savory baked goods include bagel bombs (i.e., spherical bagels stuffed with cream cheese and bacon or jalapeno), gluten-free strawberry scones, regular and almond croissants, cinnamon rolls, banana bread, chocolate chip cookies and more.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 29 July 2025
There were plates of triangular sandwiches, scones, cake.
—Anne Enright, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
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The Denver Post, Denver Post, 1 Aug. 2025
Bake scones at Ballyknocken Cookery School, located on a scenic County Wicklow farm owned by celebrity chef Catherine Fulvio.
—AFAR Media, 29 July 2025
Pastries and savory baked goods include bagel bombs (i.e., spherical bagels stuffed with cream cheese and bacon or jalapeno), gluten-free strawberry scones, regular and almond croissants, cinnamon rolls, banana bread, chocolate chip cookies and more.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 29 July 2025
There were plates of triangular sandwiches, scones, cake.
—Anne Enright, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
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“Scone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scone. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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scone
noun
ˈskōn 
ˈskän
: a quick bread baked on a griddle or in an oven
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