Word Meaning

Meaning of scant

- Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.
- Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
- To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.
- To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
- To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
- In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
- Scantness; scarcity.

Crossword clue for scant

- Barely sufficient
- In short supply
- Inadequate
- Inadequate, Meagre
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- Limited
- Meagre
- Minimal
- Scarcely sufficient
- Sparse