slot1 nounslot2 verb
slotslot1 /slɒt $ slɑːt/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINslot1
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French esclot ‘hollow place in the bone in the middle of the chest’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a parking slot
- I dropped a quarter in the slot and dialed the number.
- Ron's show has been moved from its 9 p.m. slot on WKDH.
- The disk goes into this slot here.
- The message was placed in every employee's mail slot.
- About 180 of them competed for slots in five school bands this year.
- Gaming areas were half-empty, but gamblers made a beeline for the slots and tables at halftime.
- He found just the right person for his newly created slot of research associate.
- It is very important to have the greatest possible support around the expansion slot area.
- Next wind some tape through the slots and around the core to provide a base for the pickup windings.
- Please try again later when there is a free user slot available.
THESAURUS
an empty space in the surface of something, which sometimes goes all the way through it: · A fox had dug a hole under our fence.· Rain was coming in through a hole in the roof.
an empty area between two things, into which you can put something: · Are there any empty spaces on the bookshelf?· a parking space
an empty area between two things or two parts of something, especially one that should not be there: · He has a gap between his two front teeth.· I squeezed through a gap in the hedge.
a hole that something can pass through or that you can see through, especially at the entrance of something: · The train disappeared into the dark opening of the tunnel.· I looked through the narrow opening in the wall.
a small hole where something has been damaged or broken that lets liquid or gas flow in or out: · a leak in the pipe· The plumber’s coming to repair the leak.
especially British English a small hole in a tyre through which air escapes: · My bike’s got a puncture.
a very narrow space between two things or two parts of something: · The snake slid into a crack in the rock.· She was peering through the crack in the curtains.
a straight narrow hole that you put a particular type of object into: · You have to put a coin in the slot before you dial the number.· A small disk fits into a slot in the camera.
a round hole in the ground made by an explosion or by a large object hitting it hard: · a volcanic crater· The meteor left a crater over five miles wide.· the craters on the Moon
Longman Language Activatora long narrow hole across the surface of something a long, narrow line across the surface of a hard substance such as glass or stone where it has been damaged: crack in: · This cup has a crack in it.· The crack in the bedroom wall seems to be widening.
British a long straight hole caused when a material such as plastic or cloth tears: · We suddenly noticed there was a split in the side of the tent.
a long, narrow hole, especially one that you can see through or put things through: · Tania's skirt has a long slit up the back.· I covered my eyes with my hands, watching through the slits between my fingers.
a straight narrow hole, for example on a container, made so that a particular type or size of object can fit through it: · I dropped a quarter in the slot and dialed the number.· The message was placed in every employee's mail slot.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
A new comedy is scheduled for the 9 pm time slot.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1a long narrow hole in a surface, that you can put something into: A new comedy is scheduled for the 9 pm time slot. (=for putting coins in in order to try and win more money)· The casino has 500 slot machines.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· The really interesting question is what will take its place in this vital prime time slot.· Have you secretly been lusting after their time slot?· If this is a family show, give it a family time slot.· The programs have appeared periodically, in no set time slot.· Titles, stars, time slots, producers and who knows what else will change by the time September rolls around.· Press downplayed the series' time slot, saying that other series have not done well when put between two highly-rated shows.· Its weekly feature show, Inside Stuff, is a dunk-fest programmed into a youth-oriented time slot on Saturday morning.· Time Division Multiple Access converts conversations into digital signals and assigns each one specific time slots.
VERB· But you need to fill all four slots before the Ram upgrade works. 5..· Then the station you left hires some one to fill your vacant slot.· As a result, there are usually a good many people to choose from when filling a senior management slot.
· Even its tail is protected from attack, fitting neatly into a slot in its rump armour.
Alan dropped another quarter into the slot on the pay phone.► see thesaurus at hole2a short period of time allowed for one particular event on a programme or timetable: a ten-minute slot on the breakfast show landing slots at Heathrow Airport A new comedy is scheduled for the 9 pm time slot.slot1 nounslot2 verb
slotslot2 verb (past tense and past participle slotted, present participle slotting) [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] VERB TABLE
slot
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | slot |
| he, she, it | slots | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | slotted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have slotted |
| he, she, it | has slotted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had slotted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will slot |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have slotted |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am slotting |
| he, she, it | is slotting | |
| you, we, they | are slotting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was slotting |
| you, we, they | were slotting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been slotting |
| he, she, it | has been slotting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been slotting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be slotting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been slotting |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Brownie albums were provided, with spaces ready prepared for slotting in a sequence of the snapshots.
- Children are slotted at national norms, above those norms, or else beneath them.
- He took one at random, went into the master bedroom and slotted it into the video.
- The final pieces of the puzzle had now been slotted into place.
- Then, he felt the world shift on its axis, and knew that a new reality had slotted into its place.
- These ready-to-use units can be slotted in wherever and whenever they fit.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY All the wood parts come pre-cut so that they can be slotted together (=put together using slots).COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
to go into a slot, or to put something in a slotslot something into something All the wood parts come pre-cut so that they can be slotted together (=put together using slots). (=for putting coins in in order to try and win more money)· The casino has 500 slot machines.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· The Jaguar slotted in behind the green Renault.· I slotted in well, but all that vending blunted my edges and did my head in.· Stewart slotted in well in his first full game and Liverpool should have won by a much bigger margin.· All of which slots in with what you've just been saying.· Mark Hughes slotted in comfortably at centre-back, although he picked up a booking and went close to receiving a red card.· But Severin slid in to block just as the Aussie was about to slot in from close range.· The newcomers slotted in as though they had been part of the set-up for a while.
NOUN· Get the groundwork right and, in theory, everything else should slot into place.· One last idea was slotted into place in this 11 September broadcast.· Then, he felt the world shift on its axis, and knew that a new reality had slotted into its place.· The final pieces of the puzzle had now been slotted into place.· Katie slotted a video into place and pressed the button.· Try 2003 for the first wave of legislation and 2006 for the final pieces to slot into place.· Some of these words may sound foreign, but will soon slot into place.
Mary slotted the key into the lock.slot into Each length of board slots easily into the next. All the wood parts come pre-cut so that they can be slotted together (=put together using slots).slot in phrasal verb British English informal to fit something or someone into a plan, organization etc, or to fit in: Stewart has slotted in well.slot somebody/something ↔ in We should be able to slot the meeting in before lunch.- extrapolate
- extrapolation
- extra-sensory perception
- extraterrestrial
- extraterritorial
- extra time
- extravagance
- extravagant
- extravagantly
- extravaganza
- extravert
- extra virgin
- extreme
- extreme fighting
- extremely
- extremis
- extremism
- extremist
- extremity
- extremophile
- extricate
- extrinsic
- extroversion
- extrovert
- extroverted