slotnoun [ C ]
uk/slɒt/us/slɑːt/slot noun [ C ] (LONG HOLE)
C1 a long, narrow hole, especially one for putting coins into or for fitting a separate piece into:
I put my money in the slot and pressed the button but nothing came out.
The holder has slots for 100 CDs.
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Holes, hollows and dips
- aperture
- cleft
- cranny
- dent
- depression
- dimple
- dip
- donga
- eyehole
- intake
- orifice
- perforation
- pinhole
- pit
- porosity
- porous
- puncture
- riddled
- tear 1
- wormhole
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slot noun [ C ] (AMOUNT OF TIME)
C1 an amount of time that is officially allowed for a single event in a planned order of activities or events:
The programme will occupy that half-hour slot before the six o'clock news.
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Periods of time - general words
- age
- at/in one sitting idiom
- day
- duration
- free time
- gap
- interval
- length
- lifetime
- making
- me time
- rest
- run
- shortly
- span
- spasm
- spell
- spree
- stretch
- term
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slotverb [ I or T, + adv/prep ]
uk/slɒt/us/slɑːt/-tt-to put something into a slot or fit together using slots:
The legs of the chair are meant to slot into the holes at the back.
Do these two pieces slot together?
Slot piece A into piece B, taking care to keep the two pieces at right angles.
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Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- bung
- change sth around
- clap
- consign
- consign sb/sth to sth
- fit
- manoeuvre
- perch
- pop
- position
- sandwich sb/sth between sb/sth
- sandwich sth together
- set sb down
- shelve
- shove
- stand
- stuff
- whack
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Phrasal verb(s)
slot sb/sth in