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slot

noun
  1. a small slit, as for inserting a coin or depositing mail
    “I put a quarter in the slot.”
  2. a slot machine that is used for gambling
    “they spend hours and hours just playing the slots”
    one-armed bandit
  3. a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board
    “The PC had three slots for additional memory.”
    expansion slot
  4. a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
    “I developed a version of slot grammar.”
  5. the trail of an animal, especially a deer
    “I followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees.”
  6. a position in a hierarchy or organization
    “Bob Dylan occupied the top slot for several weeks”
  7. a time assigned on a schedule or agenda
    “the TV program has a new time slot”
    time slot
verb
  1. assign a time slot
    “slot a television program”