slot

Meanings

Plural: slots

Noun

• a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
  • "he developed a version of slot grammar"
• a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail)
  • "he put a quarter in the slot"
• a time assigned on a schedule or agenda
  • "the TV program has a new time slot"
  • "an aircraft landing slot"
• a position in a hierarchy or organization
  • "Bob Dylan occupied the top slot for several weeks"
  • "she beat some tough competition for the number one slot"
• the trail of an animal (especially a deer)
  • "he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees"
• (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board
  • "the PC had three slots for additional memory"
• a slot machine that is used for gambling
  • "they spend hours and hours just playing the slots"
• A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it.
• A period of time or position within a schedule or sequence.
• Clipping of slot machine (“a game of chance played for money using a coin slot”).
• The track of an animal, especially a deer; spoor.
• A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm; a crevasse.
• The vagina.
• The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.
• A space in memory or on disk etc. in which a particular type of object can be stored.
• In a flying display, the fourth position; after the leader and two wingmen.
• The barrel or tube of a wave.
• A rectangular area directly in front of the net and extending toward the blue line.
• The area between the last offensive lineman on either side of the center and the wide receiver on that side.
• A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings.
• The inside of the "rim" or semicircular copy desk, occupied by the supervisor of the copy editors.
• A fish that is within regulation size limits and hence can be caught and kept.
• A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.
• A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.
• An implement for barring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like.
• A fort or castle.

Verb

• assign a time slot
  • "slot a television program"
• To put something (such as a coin) into a slot (narrow aperture).
• To assign something or someone into a slot (gap in a schedule or sequence).
• To create a slot (narrow aperture or groove), as for example by cutting or machining.
• To put something where it belongs.
• To kill.
• To fall, or cause to fall, into a crevasse.
• To kick the ball between the posts for a goal; to score a goal by doing this.
• To bar, bolt or lock a door or window.
• To shut with violence; to slam.

Synonyms

expansion slot, one-armed bandit, time slot

Antonyms

tab

Related Words

close, sluice