SLOT (slotted, slotting)

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Irregular inflected forms: slotted    , slotting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does slot mean? 

• SLOT (noun)
  The noun SLOT has 7 senses:

1. a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable

2. a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail)

3. a time assigned on a schedule or agenda

4. a position in a hierarchy or organization

5. the trail of an animal (especially a deer)

6. (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board

7. a slot machine that is used for gambling

  Familiarity information: SLOT used as a noun is common.

• SLOT (verb)
  The verb SLOT has 1 sense:

1. assign a time slot

  Familiarity information: SLOT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

he developed a version of slot grammar

Hypernyms ("slot" is a kind of...):

position; spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

he put a quarter in the slot

Hypernyms ("slot" is a kind of...):

slit (a long narrow opening)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slot"):

coin slot (a slot through which coins can be inserted into a slot machine)

mail slot (a slot (usually in a door) through which mail can be delivered)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A time assigned on a schedule or agenda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

slot; time slot

Context example:

an aircraft landing slot

Hypernyms ("slot" is a kind of...):

interval; time interval (a definite length of time marked off by two instants)

Derivation:

slot (assign a time slot)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A position in a hierarchy or organization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

she beat some tough competition for the number one slot

Hypernyms ("slot" is a kind of...):

position; status (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The trail of an animal (especially a deer)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Context example:

he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees

Hypernyms ("slot" is a kind of...):

trail (a track or mark left by something that has passed)

Sense 6

Meaning:

(computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

expansion slot; slot

Context example:

the PC had three slots for additional memory

Hypernyms ("slot" is a kind of...):

receptacle (an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert)

Domain category:

computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A slot machine that is used for gambling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

one-armed bandit; slot

Context example:

they spend hours and hours just playing the slots

Hypernyms ("slot" is a kind of...):

coin machine; slot machine (a machine that is operated by the insertion of a coin in a slot)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slot"):

fruit machine (a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials; certain combinations win money for the player)

• SLOT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they slot    ... he / she / it slots   
Past simple: slotted   
Past participle: slotted   
-ing form: slotting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Assign a time slot

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

slot a television program

Hypernyms (to "slot" is one way to...):

schedule (plan for an activity or event)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

slot (a time assigned on a schedule or agenda)

 Context examples 

A concept may also include Properties, named slots that allow attachment of external information to concepts.

(NCI Thesaurus Concept, NCI Thesaurus)

One slot brought checks and the other brought rejection slips.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The double valves with the automatic self-adjusting slots are drawn in one of the papers which have been returned.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A fastening device for a swinging part usually consisting of a bar that is retained in a slot.

(Latch Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

So far he had found only the latter slot.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It depended upon which slot one dropped the penny in, whether he got chocolate or gum.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It was like the slot machines wherein one dropped pennies, and, with a metallic whirl of machinery had delivered to him a stick of chewing-gum or a tablet of chocolate.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)