Meanings
plural tattie scones · alternative tatty scone
- ScotlandA scone made from mashed, boiled potatoes and flour, often baked in a large circular shape on a griddle and cut into slices for serving; it may be eaten as an accompaniment to savoury food such as bacon, fried eggs, and Lorne sausage, or with jam.
Synonyms: fadge, potato bread, tattie cake, tatty cake
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA scone made from mashed, boiled potatoes and flour, often baked in a large circular shape on a griddle and cut into slices for serving; it may be eaten as an accompaniment to savoury food such as bacon, fried eggs, and Lorne sausage, or with jam.
Origin
- Scotstattie scone
- Englishtattie scone
Borrowed from Scots tattie scone, from tattie (“potato”) + scone (“large circular cake baked on a griddle; a slice of such a cake”).
More words from Scots
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Bulgarian картофено кюфте
- картофено кюфте (kartofeno kjufte)scone made from mashed, boiled potatoes and flour
Chinese Mandarin （蘇格蘭）土豆司康 /（苏格兰）土豆司康
- （蘇格蘭）土豆司康 /（苏格兰）土豆司康scone made from mashed, boiled potatoes and flour
Finnish perunaskonssi
- perunaskonssiscone made from mashed, boiled potatoes and flour
Japanese タティー•スコーン
- タティー•スコーンscone made from mashed, boiled potatoes and flour
Scottish Gaelic sgona bhuntàta
- sgona bhuntàtascone made from mashed, boiled potatoes and flour
Spanish scone de patata
- scone de patatascone made from mashed, boiled potatoes and flour
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tattie scone
Cite this entry
tattie scone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tattie%20scone
“tattie scone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tattie%20scone. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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