Scant is a 5 letter word which starts with the letter S and ends with the letter T for which we found 5 definitions.
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(superl.) 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. |
(superl.) Sparing; parsimonious; chary. |
(v. t.) To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries. |
(v. t.) To cut short; to make small narrow or scanty; to curtail. |
(v. i.) To fail or become less; to scantle; as the wind scants. |
The word scant is a 5 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for scant is: scant