Scant Definition
skănt
scantest, scants, scanter
adjective
scantest, scanter
Barely sufficient.
Paid scant attention to the lecture.
American Heritage
Inadequate in size or amount; not enough; meager.
Showing scant regard for the law.
Webster's New World
Not quite up to full measure.
Measuring a scant meter across.
Webster's New World
Inadequately supplied; short.
We were scant of breath after the lengthy climb.
American Heritage
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.
Wiktionary
verb
scants
To limit in size or amount; stint.
Webster's New World
To fail to give full measure of.
Webster's New World
To treat in an inadequate manner.
Webster's New World
To deal with or treat inadequately or neglectfully; slight.
American Heritage
To furnish with an inadequate supply, short ration, etc.
Webster's New World
adverb
Scarcely; barely.
Webster's New World
noun
(masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
Wiktionary
(masonry) A sheet of stone.
Wiktionary
(wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Scant
Noun
Singular:
scantPlural:
scantsAdjective
Base Form:
scant
Comparative:
scanterSuperlative:
scantestOrigin of Scant
Middle English from Old Norse skamt neuter of skammr short
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr (“short")
From Wiktionary
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