DEARTH


Meaning of DEARTH in English

/derrth/ , n.

1. an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack: There is a dearth of good engineers.

2. scarcity and dearness of food; famine.

[ 1200-50; ME derthe. See DEAR 1 , -TH 1 ]

Syn. 1. shortage, want, paucity, insufficiency.

Ant. 1. abundance, plenty, sufficiency; surplus.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .