slot
noun
[ slɒt ]
• a long, narrow aperture or slit in a machine for something to be inserted.
• "he slid a coin into the slot of the jukebox"
• an allotted place in an arrangement or scheme such as a broadcasting schedule.
• "a late-night television slot"
slot
verb
• place (an object) into a slot, typically one specifically designed to receive it.
• "he slotted a cassette into the tape machine"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘slight depression running down the middle of the chest’, surviving as a Scots term): from Old French esclot, of obscure origin.
slot
noun
• the track of a deer, as visible in soft ground.
Origin:
late 16th century: from Old French esclot ‘hoof print of a horse’, probably from Old Norse slóth ‘trail’; compare with sleuth.
