No the word scanty is not a noun. It is an adjective.
The portions were so scanty, the picture in the menu must have been taken with a magnifying lens.
Here are some synonyms for scanty: bare, barely sufficient, close, deficient, exiguous, failing, insufficient, limited, and little.
Synonyms for scarce (in short supply) can include sparse, scanty, rare, meager, or limited.
Examples of abstract/concrete noun combinations are:birthday cake; the noun 'birthday' is an abstract noun as a word for a concept; the noun 'cake' is a concrete noun as a word for a type of food.card game; the noun 'card' is a concrete noun as a word for a small piece of cardboard marked with characters; the noun 'game' is an abstract noun as a word for a concept.computer science; the concrete noun 'computer' as a word for an electronic unit; the noun 'science' as a word for a concept.marriage license; the noun 'marriage' is an abstract noun as a word for a concept; the noun license is a concrete noun as a word for a document.
Deficiency Dearth Drought Exiguity Famine Inadequacy Infrequncy Insufficiency Lacking Paucity Rarity Scanty Shortage Sparseness Sparsity Stringency
The word 'scanty' is an adjective (scanty, scantier, scantiest), that describes a noun as limited; barely enough; meager, insufficient; inadequate. The noun form for the adjective scanty is scantiness. The adverb for for the adjective scanty is scantily. There is no verb form for the adjective scanty.
The word 'skimpy' is an adjective, a word that describes a noun as barely adequate, scanty (a skimpy salary, a skimpy meal).
The cheerleaders wore scanty outfits.
The opposite of scanty is plentiful. This means that there is plenty of things.
It was a scanty amount of food to feed four people with.
Oligohydramnios means scanty amniotic fluid.
The word scanty is an adjective that means limited in some degree or quantity. A synonym for scanty is meager; meaning lacking.
Oligo- is the medical terminology combining form meaning scanty.
(Scant and scanty are not exactly the same. Scant means little, scarce, in short supply. Scanty is normally more narrowly used, to mean barely adequate.)She wore a scanty nightgown that left little to the imagination.The scanty sail had been repaired innumerable times with thin patches.
A person carrying only 1 briefcase or light bag in the Hotel in known as Scanty Baggage.
The portions were so scanty, the picture in the menu must have been taken with a magnifying lens.
The scanty amount of food on the table was barely enough for the whole family.