slot
slot is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat.
- noun. A bolt or bar for fastening a door.
- noun. A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
- transitive verb. To shut with violence; to slam; as, to slot a door.
- noun. The track of a deer; hence, a track of any kind.
- noun. a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail)
"he put a quarter in the slot"
- noun. a slot machine that is used for gambling
"they spend hours and hours just playing the slots"
- noun. (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board
"the PC had three slots for additional memory"
- noun. a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
"he developed a version of slot grammar"
- noun. the trail of an animal (especially a deer)
"he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees"
- noun. 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"
- noun. a time assigned on a schedule or agenda
"the TV program has a new time slot"
"an aircraft landing slot"
- verb. assign a time slot
"slot a television program"
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in slot:
Common word forms
slots, sloted, slotted, slotter, slotting
Words from these letters
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