Feedback
Slot
Your browser does not support the audio element.
Meaning
Noun
●
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.
●
In Northern England English & Scottish English:
An
implement
for
barring
,
bolting
,
locking
or
securing
a
door
,
box
,
gate
,
lid
,
window
or the like.
●
A
narrow
depression
,
perforation
, or
aperture
; especially, one for the
reception
of a piece
fitting
or
sliding
in it.
●
A
period of time
within a
schedule
or sequence.
●
In Gambling:
Clipping of
slot machine
, a
game of chance
played
for money using a
coin
slot
.
●
The
track
of an
animal
, especially a
deer
; spoor.
●
In Antarctic English:
A
crack
or
fissure
in a
glacier
or
snowfield
; a
chasm
; a crevasse.
●
The vagina.
●
In Aviation:
The
allocated
time for an aircraft's
departure
or
arrival
at an airport's runway.
●
In Computing:
A
space
in
memory
or on
disk
etc. in which a particular type of
object
can be stored.
●
In Aviation:
In a
flying
display
, the
fourth
position
; after the
leader
and two wingmen.
●
In Surfing:
The
barrel
or
tube
of a wave.
●
In Field hockey & Ice hockey:
A
rectangular
area
directly
in front of
the
net
and
extending
toward the
blue
line.
●
In Football (American):
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.
●
In Mass media:
The
inside of
the "rim" or
semicircular
copy desk
,
occupied
by the
supervisor
of the
copy
editors.
Verb
●
In Northern England English & Scottish English:
To
bar
,
bolt
or
lock
a
door
or window.
●
In British English:
To
shut
with
violence
; to slam.
●
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.
●
In British English & Rhodesian English:
To kill.
●
In Antarctic English:
To
fall
, or cause to
fall
, into a crevasse.
●
In Australian rules football & Rugby:
To
kick
the
ball
between the
posts
for a
goal
; to
score
a
goal
by doing this.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
slot
English
esclot
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
slóð
Old Norse
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Socket
Compartment
Box
Hole
Tab
Plug
Lineup
Card
Chip
Lock
Clip
Connector
Frame
Channel
Column
Pack
Fit
Pin
Tray
Space
Vault
Ticket
Window
Position
Module
Bracket
Bar
Place
Block
Pocket
Gate
Daughterboard
Room
Circuit
Screen
Switch
Tuck
Tap
Bundle
Rack
Cable
Hopper
Port
Drawer
Format
Loop
Line
Strap
Button
Notch
Schedule
Thread
Hex
Reel
Wire
Pod
Card Reader
More
Rhymes
Pot
Tot
Sot
Cot
Bot
Hot
Got
Dot
Lot
Not
Rot
Jot
Mot
Wot
Thot
Swat
Clot
Blot
Brat
Phot
Swot
Swat
Khat
Grot
Plot
What
Shot
Frot
Spot
Scot
Slot
Trot
Knot
Watt
Quat
Snot
Yacht
Squat
Zakat
Scott
Allot
Ribat
Besot
Begot
Asquat
Forgot
Shevat
Diktat
Fembot
Cannot
Garrote
Shallot
Red-Hot
Calotte
Complot
Gavotte
White-Hot
Screenshot
Diddly-Squat
Doodly-Squat
You-Know-What
A Lot
Piping Hot
More
Join 10 million students and professionals writing 70% faster at QuillBot.com
Start writing better