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slot

/slɒt/

noun

Meaning

  • A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.

  • A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.

  • An implement for baring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like.

  • A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings.

  • The barrel or tube of a wave.

verb

Meaning

  • To bar, bolt or lock a door or window.

  • To shut with violence; to slam.

    "to slot a door"