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slot¹

(slŏt)n.

1. A narrow opening; a groove or slit: a slot for coins in a vending machine; a mail slot.

2. A gap between a main and auxiliary airfoil to provide space for airflow and facilitate the smooth passage of air over the wing.

a. An assigned place in a sequence or schedule: a new time slot for a TV program.

b. A position of employment in an organization or hierarchy.

5. Informal A slot machine designed for gambling: lost $100 playing the slots.

a. Football A space or gap between an end and a tackle in an offensive line.

b. Sports An unmarked area in front of the goal between the face-off circles on an ice hockey rink.

tr.v.slot·ted, slot·ting, slots

2. To put into or assign to a slot.

[Middle English, hollow of the breastbone, from Old French esclot.]

slot²

(slŏt)

[Obsolete French esclot, horse's hoofprint, from Old French, perhaps from Old Norse slōdh, track.]

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slot

(slɒt) n

1. an elongated aperture or groove, such as one in a vending machine for inserting a coin

2. (Aeronautics) an air passage in an aerofoil to direct air from the lower to the upper surface, esp the gap formed behind a slat

3. (Nautical Terms) a vertical opening between the leech of a foresail and a mast or the luff of another sail through which air spills from one against the other to impart forward motion

vb, slots, slottingorslotted

6. (usually foll by: in or into) to fit or adjust in a slot

7. informal to situate or be situated in a series or scheme

[C13: from Old French esclot the depression of the breastbone, of unknown origin]

slot

(slɒt)

[C16: from Old French esclot horse's hoof-print, probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse sloth track; see sleuth]

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slot¹

(slɒt)
n., v. slot•ted, slot•ting.n.

1. a slit or other narrow opening, esp. one for receiving something, as a coin or a letter.

2. a place or position, as in a sequence or series.

4. Informal.slot machine (def. 1).

5. a gap that is opened along the leading edge of an aircraft wing to improve airflow.

v.t.

7. to make a slot in; provide with a slot or slots.

8. to place or fit into a slot: You've been slotted for four o'clock.

v.i.

[1300–50; Middle English: the hollow of the breastbone < Middle French esclot, of uncertain orig.]

slot²

(slɒt)
n.

the track or trail of a deer or other animal, as shown by the marks of the feet.

[1565–75; < Anglo-French, Middle French esclot the hoofprint of a horse, probably < Old Norse slōth track, trail; compare sleuthhound]

slot

Past participle: slotted
Gerund: slotting

Imperative
slot
slot

Present
I slot
you slot
he/she/it slots
we slot
you slot
they slot

Preterite
I slotted
you slotted
he/she/it slotted
we slotted
you slotted
they slotted

Present Continuous
I am slotting
you are slotting
he/she/it is slotting
we are slotting
you are slotting
they are slotting

Present Perfect
I have slotted
you have slotted
he/she/it has slotted
we have slotted
you have slotted
they have slotted

Past Continuous
I was slotting
you were slotting
he/she/it was slotting
we were slotting
you were slotting
they were slotting

Past Perfect
I had slotted
you had slotted
he/she/it had slotted
we had slotted
you had slotted
they had slotted

Future
I will slot
you will slot
he/she/it will slot
we will slot
you will slot
they will slot

Future Perfect
I will have slotted
you will have slotted
he/she/it will have slotted
we will have slotted
you will have slotted
they will have slotted

Future Continuous
I will be slotting
you will be slotting
he/she/it will be slotting
we will be slotting
you will be slotting
they will be slotting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been slotting
you have been slotting
he/she/it has been slotting
we have been slotting
you have been slotting
they have been slotting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been slotting
you will have been slotting
he/she/it will have been slotting
we will have been slotting
you will have been slotting
they will have been slotting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been slotting
you had been slotting
he/she/it had been slotting
we had been slotting
you had been slotting
they had been slotting

Conditional
I would slot
you would slot
he/she/it would slot
we would slot
you would slot
they would slot

Past Conditional
I would have slotted
you would have slotted
he/she/it would have slotted
we would have slotted
you would have slotted
they would have slotted

Noun

slot - a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable; 'he developed a version of slot grammar'

spatial relation, position - the spatial property of a place where or way in which something

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