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Meaning of slot

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slot

Pronunciation:/slɒt/

noun

Definitions

  1. A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.

  2. A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.

  3. An implement for baring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like.

  4. A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings.

verb

Definitions

  1. To bar, bolt or lock a door or window.

  2. To shut with violence; to slam.

    Example: to slot a door

slot

Pronunciation:/slɒt/

noun

Definitions

  1. A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.

  2. A gap in a schedule or sequence.

  3. The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.

  4. In a flying display, the fourth position; after the leader and two wingmen.

verb

Definitions

  1. To put something (such as a coin) into a slot (narrow aperture)

  2. To assign something or someone into a slot (gap in a schedule or sequence)

  3. To put something where it belongs.

  4. (Rhodesia, in the context of the Rhodesian Bush War) To kill.