For instance, a scant teaspoon would be a little less than a full teaspoon.
The word "scant" is a cooking term that means "barely reaching." For instance, if a recipe called for a scant tablespoon of cinnamon, then you would measure out a little less than 1 tablespoon.
"Scant" is not a type of flour. "Scant" is a cooking term that means "almost" or "just slightly less than." A recipe would not call for "scant flour" but a "scant cup" or a "scant Tablespoon" of flour, meaning not quite a cup or not quite a Tablespoon.
Onions were scant at the grocer's, again.
We were scant of breath after the lengthy climb.
Barely amounting to as much as indicated - example: a scant two hours; a scant cupful. Having an inadequate or limited supply - example - (usually followed by of ): scant of breath.
The marooned passengers were concerned by the scant food supplies on the island. The professor paid scant notice to the complaints about his teaching.
Scant: hardly enough; small in size or amount, barely. Opposite of it is ample.
A scant of sugar is a very small amount of sugar.
Ricky lee Jones is a scant singer....
I don't see how they derive that much information from such scant evidence.
A scant of oil is...not enough, or barely a sufficient amount.
scant 3/8 cup sugar