Synonyms for slot
slɒtslot

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1. slotnoun

   a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable

   "he developed a version of slot grammar"

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

2. slotnoun

   a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail)

   "he put a quarter in the slot"

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

3. time slot, slotnoun

   a time assigned on a schedule or agenda

   "the TV program has a new time slot"; "an aircraft landing slot"

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

4. slotnoun

   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"

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

5. slotnoun

   the trail of an animal (especially a deer)

   "he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees"

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

6. slot, expansion slotnoun

   (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board

   "the PC had three slots for additional memory"

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

7. slot, one-armed banditverb

   a slot machine that is used for gambling

   "they spend hours and hours just playing the slots"

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

8. slotverb

   assign a time slot

   "slot a television program"

Matched Categories

1. • Computer
   • Position
   • Receptacle
   • Schedule
   • Slit
   • Status
   • Trail

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1. List of paraphrases for "slot":

   groove, slots, slit, niche, cleft, slotting, interval, slotted

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How to use slot in a sentence?

1. Nimroy Turgott:

   The last Olympics, we missed it by one slot. And now we are using that experience as our motivation moving forward.

2. Nancy Hogshead-Makar:

   It would n’t take away a slot from anybody else, but they would be able to be in the pool and compete, everybody would welcome that and everybody would be cheering for Lia Thomas. But right now, when Lia Thomas touches the wall, nobody cheers until the second-place finisher.

3. Alan Tan:

   Unlimited flight capacity is meaningless if airport and slot congestion remains unaddressed by governments.

4. Amy Weiss:

   She posted a video and asked people to send underwear, and my computer started dinging like I had won I don't know what... from a slot machine. I will just fast-forward and say we received 1.5 million pairs of underwear from around the world at my husband's office.

5. World Athletics:

   There's a rather sobering statistic : 70 % of competitors that are chasing an Tokyo Olympics slot are only going to have one chance of this, to pull the plugs on an Olympic Games when football, tennis, rugby and so many other sports are now up and running -- and some even with crowds -- where cities are coming out of lockdown and are moving towards normalcy, I can see no good reason why you wouldn't want to do everything you possibly can to make sure that you're not discarding a generation of athletes who have spent over half their young lives in pursuit of this one moment which is real life for them and their families and their friends and the systems that have been in place to support them.