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noun
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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.
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an assignment or job opening; position: I applied for the slot in management training.
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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).
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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.
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to place or fit into a slot: We've slotted his appointment for four o'clock.
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Slotted
is always a great word to know.
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
verb (used without object)
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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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Word Origin & History
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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