How do you use scant in a sentence?

How do you use scant in a sentence?

Scant in a Sentence 🔉

1. We have to ration the water because we only have a scant amount.
2. Since food provisions were in scant supply, we could only eat once a day.
3. The student didn’t understand the math concept because she paid scant attention during the lecture.

What is the meaning of scant attention?

1 adj You use scant to indicate that there is very little of something or not as much of something as there should be. She began to berate the police for paying scant attention to the theft from her car. 2 adj If you describe an amount as scant, you are emphasizing that it is small. a ADJ amount (emphasis) (=mere)

What does scant time mean?

adj. 1 scarcely sufficient; limited. he paid her scant attention. 2 prenominal slightly short of the amount indicated; bare.

What is scant slang?

Conspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent: exiguous, meager, poor, puny, scanty, skimpy, spare, sparse, stingy, thin. Slang: measly.

How do I use scant?

You use scant to indicate that there is very little of something or not as much of something as there should be. She began to berate the police for paying scant attention to the theft from her car.

Is scant few redundant?

Thank you! To me, scant in this usage is like precious: it’s an intensifier that doesn’t, perhaps, make complete logical sense, but is nonetheless used idiomatically with little/few in particular. Like many intensifiers, it is technically redundant, but that redundancy serves a semantic purpose.

What is a scant in cooking?

Answer: Scant means lacking a small part of the whole – not quite up to full measure or just barely. In other words, 1 scant teaspoon means not quite a whole teaspoon but a little less. In cooking, scant refers to an amount that just barely reaching or not packed.

What is a scant in sewing?

What the heck do you mean with “scant”? A scant 1/4″ seam is just a thread or two short of exactly 1/4″. And why do I need such a scant 1/4″ seam? Well, the width taken up by the seam itself has to be taken in account too.

Do you have any to spare?

To have enough of something that one is able to use or share with others. I’ve got some time to spare, if you’d like help with that math problem.

What is a scant of butter?

Scant means lacking a small part of the whole – not quite up to full measure or just barely. In other words, 1 scant teaspoon means not quite a whole teaspoon but a little less. In cooking, scant refers to an amount that just barely reaching or not packed. Scant is a very bad term to use in a recipe.

How do you scant milk?

A scant cup just means just shy (usually 1-2 Tablespoons) of a full cup. In this instance, we’re pouring the lemon juice into the measuring cup first, so, even though we’re filling the milk up to the 1-cup line, the amount of actual milk that is used will be just less than a full cup, or a “scant cup”.