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

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn