scantling

noun · adjectiveB2

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Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
scantlings
  1. 1.

    (countable, in plural, uncountable)(chiefly in the plural) The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft.

  2. 2.

    (archaic, countable, uncountable)A small portion, a scant amount.

    For one may have particular knowledge of the nature of one river, and experience of the qualitie of one fountaine, that in other things knowes no more than another man: who neverthelesse to publish this little scantling, will undertake to write all of the Physickes.

    Đồng nghĩa: jot, tidbit, ace, atom, atomy, aught, bissel, bit, crumb, glimpse, dab, damn, dash, diddly, glint, dot, spatter, drop, dusting, fleck, glimmer, hint, flip, flyspeck, grain, halfpennyworth, inch, iota, jot, lick, mite, modicum, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote, ooch, ounce, particle, pennyworth, piece, pinch, relish, scantling, semblance, scent, scintilla, scooch, scrap, scruple, shred, skerrick, skoosh, skosh, sliver, smattering, smidge, smidgen, smidget, smidgy, smitch, smithereen, soupçon, spark, speck, speckle, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, tad, tidbit, tidge, tinge, tittle, toddick, touch, trace, trifle, tuppence worth, vestige, whiff, whit

  3. 3.

    (countable, uncountable)A small, upright beam of timber used in construction, especially less than five inches square.

  4. 4.

    (uncountable)Timber in the form of small beams and pieces.

  5. 5.

    (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A rough draught; a crude sketch or outline.

    Đồng nghĩa: catagraph, jotting, precedent, thumbnail

  6. 6.

    (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.

Tính từ

adjective
Comparative
more scantling
Superlative
most scantling
  1. 1.

    Not plentiful; small; scanty.

    Đồng nghĩa: awanting, deficient, dismal, exiguous, geason, inadequate, insufficient, lank, lean, lousy, meager, measly, paltry, poor, raunchy, scant, scantling, scanty, scarce, skimpy, sleazy, slender, spare, sparse, threadbare, unsatisfactory, unsufficient, wanting, wanty, dearthy, few and far between, geason, infrequent, in short supply, rare, raresome, scant, scantling, scarce, selcouth, seld, seldom, selly, superrare, uncommon, unfrequent

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Alteration of scantillon --ling, from fro escantillon sample pattern (Modern French échantillon). Later senses also influenced by similarity with scant.

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