| NOUN | communication | slot | a position in a grammatical linguistic / linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable |
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| artifact | slot | a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail / mail) | |
| time | slot, time slot | a time assigned on a schedule or agenda | |
| state | slot | a position in a hierarchy or organization | |
| object | slot | the trail of an animal (especially a deer) | |
| artifact | slot, expansion slot | (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board | |
| artifact | slot, one-armed bandit | a slot machine that is used for gambling | |
| VERB | cognition | slot | assign a time slot |
| Sounds | slaa't | |
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| Rhymes | aforethought ... yacht: 79 rhymes with aat... | |
| Meaning | A position in a grammatical linguistic / linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable. | |
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| Example | "he developed a version of slot grammar" | |
| Broader | position, spatial relation | The spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated |
| Meaning | A small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail / mail). | |
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| Example | "he put a quarter in the slot" | |
| Narrower | 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 | |
| Broader | slit | A long narrow opening |
| Spanish | ranura | |
| Catalan | ranura | |
| Meaning | A time assigned on a schedule or agenda. | |
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| Synonym | time slot | |
| Broader | time interval, interval | A definite length of time marked off by two instants |
| Verbs | slot | assign a time slot |
| Meaning | A position in a hierarchy or organization. | |
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| Broader | status, position | The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society |
| Meaning | The trail of an animal (especially a deer). | |
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| Example | "he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees" | |
| Broader | trail | A track or mark left by something that has passed |
| Meaning | (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board. | |
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| Example | "the PC had three slots for additional memory" | |
| Synonym | expansion slot | |
| Category | computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | A machine for performing calculations automatically |
| Broader | receptacle | An electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert |
| Spanish | ranura de expansión, ranura | |
| Catalan | ranura d'expansió | |
| Meaning | A slot machine that is used for gambling. | |
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| Example | "they spend hours and hours just playing the slots" | |
| Synonym | one-armed bandit | |
| Narrower | fruit machine | A coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials |
| Broader | slot machine, coin machine | A machine that is operated by the insertion of a coin in a slot |
| Spanish | máquina tragaperras, tragamonedas, tragaperras | |
| Catalan | escurabutxaques, màquina escurabutxaques | |
| Meaning | Assign a time slot. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "slot a television program" | |
| Broader | schedule | plan for an activity or event |
| Nouns | slot | a time assigned on a schedule or agenda |
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