How many syllables in Scant
Word
Scant
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
scant
Definition
- 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.
- adv. - In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
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