slot

  1. Noun.  A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.
  2. Noun.  A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.
  3. Noun.  (context, electrical) A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings.
  4. Noun.  (slang, surfing) surfing term for the barrel or tube of a wave.
  5. Verb.  (obsolete) To bolt or lock a door or window.
  6. Verb.  To put something where it belongs.
  7. Noun.  A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
  8. Noun.  A gap in a schedule or sequence.
  9. Noun.  (aviation) The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.
  10. Noun.  (aviation) In a flying display, the fourth position; after the leader and two wingmen.
  11. Noun.  (computing) A space in memory or on disk etc. in which a particular type of object can be stored.
  12. Noun.  (informal) A slot machine designed for gambling.
  13. Noun.  (slang) The vagina.
  14. Verb.  To put something (such as a coin) into a slot (narrow aperture).
  15. Verb.  To assign something or someone into a slot (gap in a schedule or sequence).
  16. Noun.  The track of an animal, especially a deer.

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