Slots Meaning

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• Slots Meaning In Kannada
• Slots Meaning
• Slots Meaning In Tamil

late 14c., 'hollow at the base of the throat above the breastbone,' from Old French esclot 'hoofprint of a deer or horse,' of uncertain origin, probably from Old Norse sloð 'trail' (see sleuth). Original sense is rare or obsolete in Modern English; sense of 'narrow opening into which something else can be fitted' is first recorded 1520s. Meaning 'middle of the (semi-circular) copy desk at a newspaper,' the spot occupied by the chief sub-editor, is recorded from 1917. The sense of 'opening in a machine for a coin to be inserted' is from 1888 (slot machine first attested 1891). The sense of 'position in a list' is first recorded 1942; verb sense of 'designate, appoint' is from 1960s. Slot car first attested 1966.

slot (n.2)

'bar or bolt used to fasten a door, window, etc.,' c. 1300, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German slot (compare Old Norse slot, Old High German sloz, German Schloss 'bolt, bar, lock, castle;' Old Saxon slutil 'key,' Dutch slot 'a bolt, lock, castle'), from Proto-Germanic stem *slut- 'to close' (source also of Old Frisian sluta, Dutch sluiten, Old High German sliozan, German schliessen 'to shut, close, bolt, lock'), from PIE root *klau- 'hook,' also 'peg, nail, pin,' all things used as locks or bolts in primitive structures.

slot (v.1)

1747, 'provide with a slot, cut slots in,' from slot (n.1). Meaning 'drop a coin in a slot' is from 1888. Sense of 'take a position in a slot' is from 1940; that of 'fit (something) into a slot' is from 1966. Oldest sense is obsolete: 'stab in the base of the throat' (c. 1400). Related: Slotted; slotting.

slot (v.2)

1560s, 'to bolt a door,' from slot (n.2). Related: Slotted; slotting.

Dictionary entries near slot

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sloppy

slosh

sloshed

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sloth

slothful

slouch

slouchy

slough

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...):

Slots Meaning In Kannada

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

Slots Meaning

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:

Slots Meaning In Tamil

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)

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)