How to pronounce scant:
Very little, very few.
Example: "After his previous escapades, mary had scant reason to believe john."
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
Example: "A scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment"
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
A sheet of stone.
(wood) a slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
Scarcity; lack.
With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.