fat vs scant

fat

adj
  • Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food). 

  • Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin. 

  • Bountiful. 

  • Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. 

  • Fertile; productive. 

  • Thick; large. 

  • Of a role: significant; major; meaty. 

  • Rich; producing a large income; desirable. 

  • Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball. 

  • Bulbous; rotund. 

noun
  • Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts. 

  • A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue. 

  • That part of an organization deemed wasteful. 

  • A fat person. 

  • The best or richest productions; the best part. 

  • A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids. 

  • An erection. 

  • A beef cattle fattened for sale. 

  • A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe) 

scant

adj
  • Sparing; parsimonious; chary. 

  • Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager. 

verb
  • To fail, or become less; to scantle. 

  • To limit in amount or share; to stint. 

det
  • Very little, very few. 

noun
  • A sheet of stone. 

  • Scarcity; lack. 

  • A small piece or quantity. 

  • A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size. 

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

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