1. A narrow opening; a groove or slit: a slot for coins in a vending machine; a mail slot.
2. A gap between a main and auxiliary airfoil to provide space for airflow and facilitate the smooth passage of air over the wing.
3. an assigned place in a sequence or schedule: a new time slot for a tv program.
4. A position of employment in an organization or hierarchy.
5. computer science an expansion slot.
6. informal A slot machine designed for gambling: lost $100 playing the slots.
7. football A space or gap between an end and a tackle in an offensive line.
8. sports an unmarked area in front of the goal between the face-off circles on an ice hockey rink.
9. to cut or make a slot or slots in.
10. to put into or assign to a slot.
11. the track or trail of an animal, especially a deer.

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

1. A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat.
2. A bolt or bar for fastening a door.
3. A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
4. the track of a deer; hence, a track of any kind.
5. to shut with violence; to slam.

1. to slit; cut; gash.
2. to provide with a slot or groove; hollow out.
3. in coal-mining, same as hole, 3 .
4. to track by the slot, as deer. compare slothound.
5. to shut with violence; slam.
6. the fastening of a door; a bar; a bolt.
7. A piece of timber which connects or holds together larger pieces; a slat.
8. A small piece.
9. A castle; a fort.
10. A hollow.
11. in machinery, an elongated narrow depression or perforation; a rectangular recess or depression cut partially into the thickness of any piece, for the reception of another piece of similar form, as a key-seat in the eye of a wheel or pulley; an oblong hole or aperture formed throughout the entire thickness of a piece of metal, as for the reception of an adjusting-bolt. see cut under sheep-shears.
12. in a cable street-railroad, a narrow continuous opening between the rails, through which the grip on the car passes to connect with the traveling cable.
13. A trapdoor in the stage of a theater.
14. A hollow tuck in a cap, or other part of the dress.
15. A hem or casing prepared for receiving a string, as at the mouth of a bag.
16. the track of a deer, as followed by the scent or by the mark of the foot; any such track, trace, or trail.

1. (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board
2. a slot machine that is used for gambling
3. a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail)
4. a time assigned on a schedule or agenda
5. the trail of an animal (especially a deer)
6. assign a time slot
7. a position in a hierarchy or organization
8. a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable