Associations to the word «Scant»
Noun
- Breath
- Courtesy
- Heed
- Consolation
- Ration
- Pint
- Flour
- Baking
- Quart
- Attention
- Wind
- Rainfall
- Inch
- Evidence
- Fare
- Vegetation
- Handful
- Centimeter
- Fragmentary
- Butter
- Comfort
- Paying
- Attire
- Milk
- Cinnamon
- Sympathy
- Pasture
- Thirst
- Toil
- Shade
- Skirt
- Wardrobe
- Proctor
- Pug
- Encouragement
- Patience
- Raisin
- Regard
- Heartbeat
- Allowance
- Firepower
- Anu
- Subsistence
- Earring
- Straw
- Boiling
- Foliage
- Nipple
- Renown
- Hoove
- Clump
- Ravine
- Millimeter
- Illumination
- Steppe
- Stir
- Rub
- Clothing
- Cedar
- Sugar
- Supply
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
SCANT, adjective. Very little, very few.
SCANT, adjective. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
SCANT, adjective. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
SCANT, verb. (transitive) To limit in amount or share; to stint.
SCANT, verb. (intransitive) To fail, or become less; to scantle.
SCANT, noun. (masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
SCANT, noun. (masonry) A sheet of stone.
SCANT, noun. (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
SCANT, adverb. With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
Dictionary definition
SCANT, verb. Work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially.
SCANT, verb. Limit in quality or quantity.
SCANT, verb. Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance".
SCANT, adjective. Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.