drop scone
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- noun
- UK
:
scone de gota
- To make drop scones, simply spoon the batter onto a hot griddle and cook until golden brown.
Examples
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I love a warm drop scone with butter.
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She served freshly made drop scones with butter and jam for breakfast.
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The children enjoyed helping their grandmother prepare drop scones on Sunday mornings.
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Have you ever tried a drop scone?
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She served drop scones warm with butter and jam for breakfast.
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For a traditional tea, we enjoyed freshly baked drop scones with clotted cream.
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At the café, the menu featured a delightful selection of drop scones topped with fresh fruit.
Synonyms
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3.9
A flat round cake like a pancake cooked on a hot griddle
A small, thick pancake cooked on a griddle and often eaten for breakfast or tea
A thin flat cake you make from batter and fry on both sides like a pancake
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Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'drop' describes the method of making the scone (dropping spoonfuls of batter) and 'scone' names the baked item, so the overall meaning is predictable from the parts. This kind of cooking‑term formation is common and therefore a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the intended referent.
Etymology
Drop scone comes from how the little pancakes are made: cooks drop a spoonful of batter onto a hot pan to make a small, thick scone. So, because the batter is literally 'dropped' onto the pan, the name came to mean that kind of small pancake.