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slot
1[ slot ]
noun
- a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- a place or position, as in a sequence or series:
The program received a new time slot on the broadcasting schedule.
- Linguistics. (especially in tagmemics) a position having a specific grammatical function within a construction into which any one of a set of morphemes or morpheme sequences can be fit. Compare filler ( def 9 ).
- an assignment or job opening; position:
I applied for the slot in management training.
- Journalism.
- the interior opening in a copy desk, occupied by the chief copy editor.
- the job or position of chief copy editor: Compare rim ( def 7 ).
He had the slot at the Gazette for 20 years.
- 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.
- Informal. slot machine ( def 1 ).
- Aeronautics. slat12
- 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.
- Ice Hockey. an unmarked area near the front of an opponent's goal that affords a vantage for an attacking player.
- Computers. expansion slot.
verb (used with object)
, slot·ted, slot·ting.
- to provide with a slot or slots; make a slot in.
- to place or fit into a slot:
We've slotted his appointment for four o'clock.
verb (used without object)
, slot·ted, slot·ting.
- to fit or be placed in a slot.
slot
2[ slot ]
noun
- the track or trail of a deer or other animal, as shown by the marks of the feet.
- a track, trace, or trail of something.
slot
1/ slɒt /
noun
- the trail of an animal, esp a deer
slot
2/ slɒt /
noun
- an elongated aperture or groove, such as one in a vending machine for inserting a coin
- an air passage in an aerofoil to direct air from the lower to the upper surface, esp the gap formed behind a slat
- a vertical opening between the leech of a foresail and a mast or the luff of another sail through which air spills from one against the other to impart forward motion
- informal.a place in a series or scheme
verb
- tr to furnish with a slot or slots
- usually foll byin or into to fit or adjust in a slot
- informal.to situate or be situated in a series or scheme
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Derived Forms
- ˈslotter, noun
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Other Words From
- un·slotted adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of slot1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English: “hollow at the base of the throat above the breastbone,” from Old French esclot; further origin unclear
Origin of slot2
First recorded in 1565–75; from Anglo-French, Old French esclot “the hoofprint of a horse,” probably from Old Norse slōth “track, trail”; sleuthhound
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Word History and Origins
Origin of slot1
C16: from Old French esclot horse's hoof-print, probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse sloth track; see sleuth
Origin of slot2
C13: from Old French esclot the depression of the breastbone, of unknown origin
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