Definitions for the word, scant

(adv.) In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

(n.) Scantness; scarcity.

(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. i.) To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.

(v. t.) To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.

(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.


24 words found in the Scrabble word, scant



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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