Slot American English
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There’s a repeat of the daytime show in the late-night slot. 2 American English JOB a particular job in an organization The board elected a new director to fill one of the slots. 4,000 slots, mostly white-collar, could be eliminated from the company’s Missouri plant alone. → see also expansion slot Origin slot 1 (1300-1400) Old French.
Related to slotted: slotted line
slot 1
(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.
3. 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.
6. 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·tingSlot American English Translator
, slots2. To put into or assign to a slot.
[Middle English, hollow of the breastbone, from Old French esclot.]
slot 2
(slŏt)n.
[Obsolete French esclot, horse's hoofprint, from Old French, perhaps from Old Norse slōdh, track.]
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