1. scant

adjective. ['ˈskænt'] less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so.

Rhymes with Scant

• transplant
• vanzandt
• vansandt
• supplant
• replant
• implant
• recant
• pylant
• levant
• labant
• incant
• enchant
• decant
• trant
• stant
• slant
• schrandt
• quant
• plante
• plant
• grant
• grandt
• brant
• brandt
• zant
• zandt
• yant
• tant
• sant
• sandt

Sentences with scant

1. Adjective
Pour a scant amount of hot water or stock in the sauce.

Quotes about scant

1. In a strange way, I had fallen in love with my depression. Dr. Sterling was right about that. I loved it because I thought it was all I had. I thought depression was the part of my character that made me worthwhile. I thought so little of myself, felt that I had such scant offerings to give to the world, that the one thing that justified my existence at all was my agony.
- Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation

2. scant

verb. ['ˈskænt'] limit in quality or quantity.

3. scant

verb. ['ˈskænt'] supply sparingly and with restricted quantities.

4. scant

verb. ['ˈskænt'] work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially.