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Meaning of scant
adjective
- Very little, very few. Example: After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John.
- Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough. Example: a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment
- Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
verb
- To limit in amount or share; to stint. Example: to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries
- To fail, or become less; to scantle. Example: The wind scants.
noun
- A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
- A sheet of stone.
- (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
noun
- Scarcity; lack.
adverb
- With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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