scanty | अमरकोश - भारत का शब्दकोश

Meaning of word scanty from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural).

Synonyms : pantie, panty, step-in

Meaning : Lacking in magnitude or quantity.

Example : A bare livelihood.
A scanty harvest.
A spare diet.

Synonyms : bare, spare

Meaning : (of clothing) revealing the body.

Example : Her dress was scanty and revealing.

Synonyms : skimpy

milklike (adjective)
Resembling milk in color. Not clear.

ockham (noun)
English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).

chewing out (noun)
A severe scolding.

lady (noun)
A polite name for any woman.

mimicry (noun)
The act of mimicking. Imitative behavior.

electrical fuse (noun)
An electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded.

baker (noun)
Someone who bakes commercially.

bengali (noun)
(Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus).

chastisement (noun)
Verbal punishment.

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Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea. Near Mecca.