Slot is a slit or other narrow opening, esp. one for receiving or admitting something, such as a coin or a letter. Also called hole, notch, slit, aperture, window, opening, vacancy, spot, and niche. 1. To fit or insert into a slot: He slotted the filter into the machine. 2. To assign to a slot: She slotted her new program into the broadcasting schedule. 3. To occupy or have a position: He has the slot for the chief copy editor. 4. In linguistics, a position within a construction into which any of a number of morphemes can be fitted, often with different meanings: Compare rim (def 3).

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