scant

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /skænt/

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Adjective

Positive scant

Comparative scanter

Superlative scantest

1. If something is scant, there is very little or very few of it; very little, very few.
   • Synonyms: few, little and slight
   • Antonyms: plenty and ample

   After he lied about his age, the bartender had scant reason to believe that he was twenty-one years old.

Related words

• scanty
• scantily

Noun

Singular scant

Plural scants

1. (masonry), (countable) A scant is a sheet of stone.