scant
IPA: skˈænt
noun
- A small piece or quantity.
- (uncommon) Scarcity; lack.
- (masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
- (masonry) A sheet of stone.
- (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
verb
- (transitive) To limit in amount or share; to stint.
- (intransitive) To fail, or become less; to scantle.
adjective
- Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
- Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
adverb
- (uncommon or old-fashioned) With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
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