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

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

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

[ Syn: time slot ]

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'

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

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

[ Syn: expansion slot ]

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

[ Syn: one-armed bandit ]

assign a time slot; slot a television program'