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| slot [ slot ] |
noun (plural slots) |
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1. opening: a narrow vertical or horizontal opening into which something can be inserted
 Put the coin in the slot.
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2. scheduled time: an assigned place and time in a sequence or schedule
 The station is moving the new comedy to a prime-time slot next month.
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3. job: a position in a company or organization
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4. aviation air passage: an air passage in an airfoil that directs air from the lower to the upper surface
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5. electrical engineering Same as expansion slot
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verb (past and past participle slot·ted, present participle slot·ting, 3rd person present singular slots) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb assign place to something: to put something in a place, position, or time, or be put in a place
 We've slotted your appointment for three o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
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2. transitive verb make slot in something: to cut a slot or slots in something
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| [14th century. < Old French esclot "hollow of the breastbone"] |