scant

/skænt/

adjective

  1. 1

    Very little, very few.

    “After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John.”
  2. 2

    Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.

    “a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment”
  3. 3

    Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

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verb

  1. 1

    To limit in amount or share; to stint.

    “to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries”
  2. 2

    To fail, or become less; to scantle.

    “The wind scants.”

noun

  1. 1

    A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.

  2. 2

    A sheet of stone.

  3. 3

    (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

noun

  1. 1

    Scarcity; lack.

adverb

  1. 1

    With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

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