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slot (1)

slot [ slot ]


noun  (plural slots)
Definition:
 
1. opening: a narrow vertical or horizontal opening into which something can be inserted
Put the coin in the slot.

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.

3. job: a position in a company or organization

4. aviation air passage: an air passage in an airfoil that directs air from the lower to the upper surface

5. electrical engineering 
Same as  expansion slot




verb  (past and past participle slot·ted, present participle slot·ting, 3rd person present singular slots)
Definition:
 
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.

2. transitive verb make slot in something: to cut a slot or slots in something

[14th century. < Old French esclot "hollow of the breastbone"]
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