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
Synonyms:
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:
scant
Plural:
scants

Adjective

Base Form:
scant
Comparative:
scanter
Superlative:
scantest

Origin 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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