az, kıt, dar

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Definition of az, kıt, dar in Turkish English dictionary

{s} scant

A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size

A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level

very little, very few

After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John..

{v} to limit, straiten, retrain, confine

{a} narrow, scanty

less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"

To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries

limit in quality or quantity

{f} cut, reduce, lessen; belittle, slight, snub; shortchange, give less than the correct quantity

Not quite up to full measure For example: a scant teaspoon of an ingredient would be less than a teaspoonful as opposed to a level teaspoon, rounded teaspoon or heaping teaspoon

Scantness; scarcity

Masonry: A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level

A sheet of stone

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

supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"

emphasis If you describe an amount as scant, you are emphasizing that it is small. This hole was a scant .23 inches in diameter = mere

As in "scant teaspoon," not quite full

To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail

{s} lacking, having an inadequate supply; meager, barely sufficient, just enough; limited, deficient