adjective🔗ShareEscaso, limitadoVery little, very few."After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John."Después de sus escapadas anteriores, María tenía pocas razones para creerle a John.amountnumberChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareEscaso, limitado, insuficienteNot full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough."a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment"Una escasa provisión de alimentos o agua; un patrón escaso de tela para una prenda.amountconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareEscaso, parco, tacañoSparing; parsimonious; chary."Because the charity had scant resources, they could only provide each family with a small food basket. "Debido a que la caridad tenía escasos recursos, solo pudieron proporcionar a cada familia una pequeña cesta de alimentos.amountvalueeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEscatimar, racionarTo limit in amount or share; to stint."to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries"Escatimar a alguien en provisiones; racionarnos en el uso de lo necesario.amountvalueeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDisminuir, escasearTo fail, or become less; to scantle."The wind scants."El viento disminuye.amountconditionqualityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSillarA block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level."The stonemason carefully placed the scant beside the other building blocks. "El cantero colocó cuidadosamente el sillar junto a los otros bloques de construcción.architecturematerialbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLosaA sheet of stone.""The architect admired the scant, a large piece of marble, before deciding how to incorporate it into the building's facade." "El arquitecto admiró la losa, una gran pieza de mármol, antes de decidir cómo incorporarla a la fachada del edificio.materialgeologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTabla delgada(wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size."The carpenter rejected the board, saying it was only a scant and not a full two-by-four. "El carpintero rechazó la tabla, diciendo que solo era una tabla delgada y no una de dos por cuatro completa.materialtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEscasez, faltaScarcity; lack."The scant resources available for the project meant the team had to be very creative. "La escasez de recursos disponibles para el proyecto significaba que el equipo tenía que ser muy creativo.amountconditionqualityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗ShareApenas, escasamenteWith difficulty; scarcely; hardly."The teenager studied for the exam, but his progress was scant. "El adolescente estudió para el examen, pero su progreso fue escaso.amountdegreeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
