scantling

Meanings

Plural: scantlings

Noun

• an upright in house framing
• The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft.
• A small portion, a scant amount.
• A small, upright beam of timber used in construction, especially less than five inches square.
• Timber in the form of small beams and pieces.
• A rough draught; a crude sketch or outline.
• A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.

Adj

• Not plentiful; small; scanty.

Synonyms

ace, atom, aught, awanting, bissel, bit, catagraph, crumb, dab, damn, dash, dearthy, deficient, diddly, dismal, dot, drop, dusting, exiguous, few and far between, fleck, flip, flyspeck, geason, glimpse, glint, grain, halfpennyworth, hint, in short supply, inadequate, inch, infrequent, insufficient, iota, jot, jotting, lank, lean, lick, meager, measly, mite, modicum, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote, ooch, ounce, paltry, particle, pennyworth, piece, pinch, precedent, rare, raresome, raunchy, scant, scantling, scanty, scarce, scent, scintilla, scooch, scrap, scruple, selcouth, seld, seldom, selly, semblance, shred, skerrick, skimpy, skoosh, skosh, sleazy, slender, sliver, smattering, smidge, smidgen, smidget, smidgy, smitch, smithereen, soupçon, spare, spark, sparse, spatter, speck, speckle, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, stud, superrare, tad, threadbare, thumbnail, tidbit, tidge, tittle, toddick, touch, trace, trifle, tuppence worth, uncommon, unfrequent, unsufficient, wanting, wanty, whiff, whit

Related Words

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