Slot
[slɒt] or [slɑt]
Definition
(noun.) a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail); 'he put a quarter in the slot'.
(noun.) a slot machine that is used for gambling; 'they spend hours and hours just playing the slots'.
(noun.) (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board; 'the PC had three slots for additional memory'.
(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.) 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.) 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'.
(verb.) assign a time slot; 'slot a television program'.
Inputed by Julio--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat.
(n.) A bolt or bar for fastening a door.
(n.) A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
(v. t.) To shut with violence; to slam; as, to slot a door.
(n.) The track of a deer; hence, a track of any kind.
Checker: Max
Definition
n. a bar or bolt: a broad flat wooden bar which holds together larger pieces.
n. a hollow narrow depression to receive some corresponding part in a mechanism: a ditch the continuous opening between the rails in a cable tramway along which the shank of the grip moves.—n. Slot′ting-machine′ a machine for cutting slots or square grooves in metal.
n. the track of a deer.
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Examples
- While the bed is still in this upright position, a one-inch slot is cut across where the foul line is to rest, and holes are bored through the bed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- One is from Hexamshire; he is wont to trace the Tynedale and Teviotdale thieves, as a bloodhound follows the slot of a hurt deer. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This led to the demand for a nickel-in-the-slot machine, which, when established, became immensely popular over the whole country. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Its lower end fits into a slot in a metal plate, C, which in turn rests upon a carbon button. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The coin operated, or nickel-in-the-slot machine, finds a popular demand, while its utilitarian use as an amanuensis, or stenographer, is as yet a subordinate one. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I got up a slot contact for street railways, and have a patent on it--a sliding contact in a slot. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When link C D is drawn up so that pin E is in the bottom of the slot, the eccentric A is active and B inactive, and as A has an opposite throw to B, the action of the valve is reversed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- At the pit end, circular slots are cut and holes bored for the purpose of countersinking and fastening the pin spots. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Pease took out patent No. 5,925 for a rake whose teeth projected up through slots in the platform, and moved back and forth to deposit the grain upon the ground. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In the same year Hussey took out his patent of August 7, 1847, No. 5,227, for the open top and slotted finger guard, which is an important part of all successful cutter bars. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He employed a bar having saw like teeth on one edge which projected up through a slotted plate and engaged the cloth. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Miguel