Associations to the word «Slot»

Wiktionary

SLOT, noun. A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.
SLOT, noun. A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.
SLOT, noun. (electrical) A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings.
SLOT, noun. (slang) (surfing) The barrel or tube of a wave.
SLOT, verb. (obsolete) To bolt or lock a door or window.
SLOT, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) (UK) (dialect) To shut with violence; to slam.
SLOT, noun. A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
SLOT, noun. A gap in a schedule or sequence.
SLOT, noun. (aviation) The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.
SLOT, noun. (aviation) In a flying display, the fourth position; after the leader and two wingmen.
SLOT, noun. (computing) A space in memory or on disk etc. in which a particular type of object can be stored.
SLOT, noun. (informal) A slot machine designed for gambling.
SLOT, noun. (slang) The vagina.
SLOT, verb. To put something (such as a coin) into a slot (narrow aperture)
SLOT, verb. To assign something or someone into a slot (gap in a schedule or sequence)
SLOT, verb. To put something where it belongs.
SLOT, noun. The track of an animal, especially a deer.
SLOT CAR, noun. A type of miniature toy car, that is fitted into a slot in a track which it is raced around.
SLOT IN, verb. Used other than as an idiom: see slot in.
SLOT IN, verb. (transitive) To put something into a slot.
SLOT IN, verb. To put something into its desired place
SLOT IN, verb. To schedule something for a particular time.
SLOT MACHINE, noun. Any machine operated by placing a coin or token into a slot.
SLOT MACHINE, noun. A gambling machine so operated; a fruit machine or one-armed bandit.
SLOT MACHINE, noun. A vending machine.
SLOT MACHINE, noun. (poker slang) three of a kind sevens
SLOT MACHINES, noun. Plural of slot machine
SLOT RACING, noun. The hobby of racing slot cars around a track.

Dictionary definition

SLOT, noun. A position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable; "he developed a version of slot grammar".
SLOT, noun. A small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail); "he put a quarter in the slot".
SLOT, noun. A time assigned on a schedule or agenda; "the TV program has a new time slot"; "an aircraft landing slot".
SLOT, noun. 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".
SLOT, noun. The trail of an animal (especially a deer); "he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees".
SLOT, noun. (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board; "the PC had three slots for additional memory".
SLOT, noun. A slot machine that is used for gambling; "they spend hours and hours just playing the slots".
SLOT, verb. Assign a time slot; "slot a television program".

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes