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"