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Meaning of 'slot' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Slot [ n.]
- A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat.
- A bolt or bar for fastening a door.
- A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
- The track of a deer; hence, a track of any kind.
2 . Slot [ v. t.]
- To shut with violence; to slam; as, to slot a door.

Meaning of 'slot' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . slot [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a time assigned on a schedule or agenda
Example in sentence:
  • an aircraft landing slot;
  • the TV program has a new time slot
Meaning (2):
- a position in a hierarchy or organization
Example in sentence:
  • Bob Dylan occupied the top slot for several weeks;
  • she beat some tough competition for the number one slot
Meaning (3):
- a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
Example in sentence:
  • he developed a version of slot grammar
Meaning (4):
- the trail of an animal (especially a deer)
Example in sentence:
  • he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees
Meaning (5):
- a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail)
Example in sentence:
  • he put a quarter in the slot
Meaning (6):
- (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board
Example in sentence:
  • the PC had three slots for additional memory
Meaning (7):
- a slot machine that is used for gambling
Example in sentence:
  • they spend hours and hours just playing the slots
8 . slot [ v]
Meaning (8):
- assign a time slot
Example in sentence:
  • slot a television program

Nearby Words:

sloakan sloam sloat slobber slobberer slobbery slock slocken slocking sloe

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