'Slot' definitions:
Definition of 'slot'
(from WordNet)
noun
A position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable; "he developed a version of slot grammar"
noun
A small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail); "he put a quarter in the slot"
noun
A time assigned on a schedule or agenda; "the TV program has a new time slot"; "an aircraft landing slot" [syn: time slot, slot]
noun
A position in a hierarchy or organization; "Bob Dylan occupied the top slot for several weeks"; "she beat some tough competition for the number one slot"
noun
The trail of an animal (especially a deer); "he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees"
noun
(computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board; "the PC had three slots for additional memory" [syn: slot, expansion slot]
noun
A slot machine that is used for gambling; "they spend hours and hours just playing the slots" [syn: slot, one-armed bandit]
verb
Assign a time slot; "slot a television program"
Definition of 'Slot'
From: GCIDE
- Slot \Slot\, n. [LG. & D. slot a lock, from a verb meaning to close., to shut, D. sluiten; akin to G. schliessen, OHG. sliozan, OFries. sl?ta, and probably to L. claudere. Cf. Close, Sluice.]
- 1. A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A bolt or bar for fastening a door. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Slot'
From: GCIDE
- Slot \Slot\, v. t. [See Slot a bar.] To shut with violence; to slam; as, to slot a door. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Slot'
From: GCIDE
- Slot \Slot\, n. [Cf. Icel. sl??, and E. sleuth.] The track of a deer; hence, a track of any kind. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- As a bloodhound follows the slot of a hurt deer. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'slot'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abysm,
- abyss,
- aperture,
- appositive,
- arroyo,
- assign,
- assignment,
- attribute,
- attributive,
- box canyon,
- breach,
- break,
- broaching,
- canyon,
- cavity,
- channel,
- chap,
- chasm,
- check,
- chimney,
- chink,
- clearing,
- cleave,
- cleft,
- cleuch,
- clough,
- col,
- complement,
- construction modifier,
- coulee,
- couloir,
- crack,
- cranny,
- crevasse,
- crevice,
- cut,
- cut apart,
- cutting,
- cwm,
- deep structure,
- defile,
- dell,
- depression,
- dike,
- direct object,
- disclosure,
- ditch,
- donga,
- draw,
- excavation,
- fault,
- fenestra,
- filler,
- fissure,
- fistula,
- fit,
- flaw,
- flume,
- fontanel,
- foramen,
- form-function unit,
- fracture,
- function,
- furrow,
- gap,
- gape,
- gash,
- gat,
- gorge,
- groove,
- gulch,
- gulf,
- gully,
- hiatus,
- hole,
- hollow,
- hollow out,
- IC analysis,
- immediate constituent analysis,
- incise,
- incision,
- indirect object,
- inlet,
- interval,
- job,
- joint,
- kloof,
- lacuna,
- laying open,
- leak,
- levels,
- moat,
- modifier,
- niche,
- notch,
- nullah,
- object,
- open,
- opening,
- opening up,
- orifice,
- outlet,
- pass,
- passage,
- passageway,
- phrase structure,
- place,
- pore,
- position,
- predicate,
- qualifier,
- ranks,
- ravine,
- rent,
- rift,
- rime,
- rive,
- rupture,
- schedule,
- scissure,
- seam,
- shallow structure,
- slit,
- slot and filler,
- space,
- split,
- spot,
- stoma,
- strata,
- structure,
- subject,
- sulcus,
- surface structure,
- syntactic analysis,
- syntactic structure,
- syntactics,
- syntax,
- tagmeme,
- throwing open,
- trench,
- uncorking,
- underlying structure,
- unstopping,
- vacancy,
- valley,
- void,
- wadi,
- word arrangement,
- word order,
- yawn