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noun
1.
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
2.
a place or position, as in a sequence or series: The program received a new time slot on the broadcasting schedule.
3.
4.
an assignment or job opening; position: I applied for the slot in management training.
5.
EXPANDJournalism.
a.
the interior opening in a copy desk, occupied by the chief copy editor.
b.
the job or position of chief copy editor: He had the slot at the Gazette for 20 years. Compare rim (def. 7).
6.
an allocated, scheduled time and place for an aircraft to take off or land, as authorized by an airport or air-traffic authority: 40 more slots for the new airline at U.S. airports.
7.
Informal. slot machine (def. 1).
8.
Aeronautics. See under slat1 (def. 2).
9.
Ornithology. a narrow notch or other similar opening between the tips of the primaries of certain birds, which during flight helps to maintain a smooth flow of air over the wings.
10.
Ice Hockey. an unmarked area near the front of an opponent's goal that affords a vantage for an attacking player.
11.
COLLAPSEComputers. expansion slot.
verb (used with object)
12.
to provide with a slot or slots; make a slot in.
13.
to place or fit into a slot: We've slotted his appointment for four o'clock.
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Slot
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verb (used without object)
14.
to fit or be placed in a slot.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English: the hollow of the breastbone < Middle French esclot < ?
1300–50; Middle English: the hollow of the breastbone < Middle French esclot < ?
Related forms
un·slot·ted, adjective
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noun
1.
the track or trail of a deer or other animal, as shown by the marks of the feet.
2.
a track, trace, or trail of something.
Origin:
1565–75; < Anglo-French, Middle French esclot the hoofprint of a horse, probably < Old Norse slōth track, trail; see sleuthhound
1565–75; < Anglo-French, Middle French esclot the hoofprint of a horse, probably < Old Norse slōth track, trail; see sleuthhound
noun
1.
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
2.
Aeronautics. a control surface along the leading edge of a wing that can be extended forward to create a gap (slot) to improve airflow.
3.
slats, Slang.
a.
the ribs.
b.
the buttocks.
c.
(initial capital letter) a nickname for a tall, slender man.
verb (used with object)
4.
to furnish or make with slats.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English sclat, slatt a slate < Middle French esclat splinter, fragment; see éclat
1350–1400; Middle English sclat, slatt a slate < Middle French esclat splinter, fragment; see éclat
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Word Origin & History
slat
1382, "a roofing slate," from O.Fr. esclat "split piece, splinter," back-formation from esclater "to break, splinter, burst," probably from Frank. *slaitan "to tear, slit," related to O.H.G. slizan, O.E. slitan (see slit). Meaning "long, thin, narrow piece of wood or metal" attested from 1764.
EXPANDslot
c.1300, "hollow at the base of the throat above the breastbone," from O.Fr. esclot, of uncertain origin. Sense of "narrow opening into which something else can be fitted" is first recorded 1523. Meaning "middle of the (semi-circular) copy desk at a newspaper," the spot occupied by the chief sub-editor,
is recorded from 1917. The sense of "opening in a machine for a coin to be inserted" is from 1888 (slot machine first attested 1891). The sense of "position in a list" is first recorded 1942; verb sense of "designate, appoint" is from 1960s. Slot car first attested 1966.
slot
"bar or bolt used to fasten a door, window, etc.," c.1300, from M.Du. or M.L.G. slot (cf. O.N. slot, O.H.G. sloz, Ger. Schloss "bolt, bar;" O.S. slutil "key"), from P.Gmc. stem *slut- "to close" (cf. O.Fris. sluta, Du. sluiten, O.H.G. sliozan, Ger. schliessen "to shut, close"), from PIE base *klau-
EXPAND "hook, peg" (cf. Gk. kleis "key;" L. claudere "to shut, close," clavis "key," clavus "nail;" see close (v.)).
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