SCANT

scant

Noun

  1. A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
  2. A sheet of stone.
  3. A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

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.

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.

Adverb

  1. With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.


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