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- n a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
he developed a version of slot grammar - n a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail)
he put a quarter in the slot - n a time assigned on a schedule or agenda
the TV program has a new time slot
an aircraft landing slot - n 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 - n the trail of an animal (especially a deer)
he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees - n (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board
the PC had three slots for additional memory - n a slot machine that is used for gambling
they spend hours and hours just playing the slots - v assign a time slot
slot a television program
- After World War II the thinly populated (589,000) logging-mining-farming state of Idaho found itself surrounded east, west and south by a locust-like infestation of rattling slot .
- The $11 million-a-year slot-machine-manufacturing business was wiped out with one stroke of a pen last week.
- Consider this: if only three South American countries had World Cup slots for 2002, Brazil would have just scraped through.