slot

slot¹ [slɔt US sla:t] n

[Date: 1300-1400; : Old French; Origin: esclot 'hollow place in the bone in the middle of the chest']

1.) a long narrow hole in a surface, that you can put something into

▪ Alan dropped another quarter into the slot on the pay phone.

2.) a short period of time allowed for one particular event on a programme or ↑timetable

▪ a ten-minute slot on the breakfast show

▪ landing slots at Heathrow Airport

▪ A new comedy is scheduled for the 9 p.m. time slot .

slot ²

slot² past tense and past participle slotted present participle slotting

v [I,T always + adverb/preposition]

to go into a slot, or to put something in a slot

slot sth into sth

▪ Mary slotted a cassette into the VCR.

slot into

▪ Each length of board slots easily into the next.

▪ All the wood parts come pre-cut so that they can be slotted together (=put together using slots) .

slot in phr v

to fit something or someone into a plan, organization etc, or to fit in

▪ Stewart has slotted in well.

slot sb/sth<=>in

▪ We should be able to slot the meeting in before lunch.