how to pronounce scone

/ˈskoʊn/

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scone is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of scone in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… expect me to say scone and my mum was …”

meanings of scone

noun:

A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.
The head.

verb:

To hit on the head.

name:

A village north of Perth in Scotland; the coronation site of Scottish kings until 1651.

scone frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word scone occurs in english on average 3.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics scone can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that scone can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;