slot

Noun

• a slot machine that is used for gambling
  • they spend hours and hours just playing the slots
    

• (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board
  • the PC had three slots for additional memory
    

• the trail of an animal (especially a deer)
  • he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees
    

• 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
    

• a time assigned on a schedule or agenda
  • the TV program has a new time slot
    
  • an aircraft landing slot
    

• a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail)
  • he put a quarter in the slot
    

• a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
  • he developed a version of slot grammar
    

Verb

• assign a time slot
  • slot a television program
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  one-armed bandit , expansion slot , time slot