scant
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Synonyms: cant, slant, scent, secant, scan, scat, suant, scart, scatt, stant, skant
Antonyms: cant, slant, scent, secant, scan, scat, suant, scart, scatt, stant, skant
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Adjective
- Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
- Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
- {{label|en|culinary|of a measurement}} Slightly diminished; just short of the amount described.
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[limit]] in [[amount]] or [[share]]; to [[stint]].
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To fail, or become less; to [[scantle]].
Determiner
- Very little, very few.
Noun
- A small piece or quantity.
- {{lb|en|uncommon}} [[scarcity|Scarcity]]; [[lack]].
- {{lb|en|masonry}} A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
- {{lb|en|masonry}} A [[sheet]] of stone.
- {{lb|en|wood}} A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
Adverb
- {{lb|en|uncommon|or|old-fashioned}} With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
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