slot
A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it.
Noun 4 meanings
A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it.
“insert tab A into slot B”
A period of time or position within a schedule or sequence.
“I've booked your haircut for the 2 p.m. slot.”
The track of an animal, especially a deer; spoor.
A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm; a crevasse.
Verb 4 meanings
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.
Etymology
From Middle English slot, from Old French esclot, likely from Old Norse slóð (“track”). As a gambling machine, via clipping of slot machine. Compare sleuth. The scheduling (calendar) sense is by a metaphor whereby the time span is equated with the segment of a page or part of a device that represents it.
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SLOT at a glance
SLOT has 4 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (S 1 + L 1 + O 1 + T 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,086 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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