scant
/skænt/
adjective
- 1
Very little, very few.
“After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John.”
- 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
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
verb
- 1
To limit in amount or share; to stint.
“to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries”
- 2
To fail, or become less; to scantle.
“The wind scants.”
noun
- 1
A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
- 2
A sheet of stone.
- 3
(wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
noun
- 1
Scarcity; lack.
adverb
- 1
With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
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