pone

P3O1N1E1
UK/ˈpəʊni/US/ˈpoʊni/US/poʊn/

noun

A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.

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cornpone
OriginMiddle English pone ← Anglo-Norman pone ← Late Latin pone →
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Meanings

pone1

nounpone (plural pones)

plural pones

  1. historicallawA writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
  2. historicallawA writ to enforce appearance in court by attaching goods or requiring securities.

pone2

nounpone (countable and uncountable, plural pones)

plural pones

  1. Southern UScountablehistoricaluncountablelawA baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs.

pone3

nounpone (plural pones)

plural pones · alternative pony · alternative poney

  1. UShistoricalcard gamesThe last player to bet or play in turn.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)

Similar
cornpone
Broader
cornbread
Also see
cornponejohnnycake

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

pone · noun

  1. Latinpōne
  2. Late Latinpone
  3. Anglo-Normanpone
  4. Middle Englishpone
  5. Englishpone

Inherited from Middle English pone, from Anglo-Norman pone, from Late Latin pone, from Latin pōne, imperative of pōnere (“to place”).

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pone · noun

  1. Proto-Algonquian*apwa·n“thing which has been baked or roasted”
  2. Powhatanapones
  3. Englishpone

Borrowed from Powhatan apones, appoans (“bread”), from Proto-Algonquian *apwa·n (“thing which has been baked or roasted”), whence also Abenaki abôn (“bread”).

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pone · noun

  1. Latinponere
  2. Englishpone

Perhaps borrowed from Latin ponere.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pone

phoneownloanknownnoneshownunknownzonestonealonetonegrownpensionclonejoanthrownlonecologneconeblownthroneproneJoanneMalone
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Sounds the same

ponypwnpony

Anagrams

opennopepeon
Cite this entry
APA

pone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pone

MLA

“pone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pone.

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