1. A small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail)
   "he put a quarter in the slot"
    
2. (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board
   "the PC had three slots for additional memory"; "He installed a new graphics card in the empty expansion slot";
   - expansion slot
    
3. A slot machine that is used for gambling
   "they spend hours and hours just playing the slots";
   - one-armed bandit [informal]
    
4. A time assigned on a schedule or agenda
   "the TV program has a new time slot"; "an aircraft landing slot";
   - time slot
    
5. 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"
    
6. The trail of an animal (especially a deer)
   "he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees"
    
7. A position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
   "he developed a version of slot grammar"

1. Assign a time slot
   "slot a television program"

Derived forms: slotting, slotted, slots

Type of: coin machine, interval, position, receptacle, schedule, slit, slot machine, spatial relation, status, time interval, trail

Encyclopedia: Slot