slot
/slɑt/ noun B1- A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it. · insert tab A into slot B
- A period of time or position within a schedule or sequence. · I've booked your haircut for the 2 p.m. slot.· With a strong finish he ended up in the third-ranked slot overall.
- The track of an animal, especially a deer; spoor.
- A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm; a crevasse.
- The vulva.
- The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.
- A space in memory or on disk etc. in which a particular type of object can be stored. · The game offers four save slots.
- In a flying display, the fourth position; after the leader and two wingmen.
Plural slots
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The double valves with the automatic self-adjusting slots are drawn in one of the papers which have been returned.
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