Scant means lacking a small part of the whole – not quite up to full measure or just barely. In other words, 1 scant teaspoon means not quite a whole teaspoon but a little less. In cooking, scant refers to an amount that just barely reaching or not packed.

What is a meaning of scant?

1 : to provide an incomplete supply of. 2 : to make small, narrow, or meager. 3 : to give scant attention to : slight. 4 : to provide with a meager or inadequate portion or supply : stint.

How much is a scant of salt?

Scant (cookery term meaning) Scant means: little, very little, few, little, slight. As a culinary term when referred to in a recipe it means not quite up to the described measure. Eg: A scant teaspoon of salt – A level teaspoon of salt, certainly no more.