slot

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Derived terms 1.4.1.2 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 1.6 See also 2 Danish 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Inflection 3 Dutch 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 See also 3.3.2 Derived terms

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /slɒt/
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• Rhymes: -ɒt

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle Low German slot or Middle (and modern) Dutch slot, from West Germanic. Cognate with German Schloss ‘door-bolt’.

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slot (plural slots)

1. A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.
2. A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.
3. (electrical) A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings.

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to slot (third-person singular simple present slots, present participle slotting, simple past and past participle slotted)

1. (obsolete) To bolt or lock a door or window.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old French esclot, of unknown origin.

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slot (plural slots)

1. A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
2. (aviation) The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.
3. (aviation) In a flying display, the forth position; after the leader and two wingmen.

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[edit] Etymology 3

From Old French esclot, from Old Norse slóð ‘track’. Compare sleuth.

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slot (plural slots)

1. The track of an animal, especially a deer.

   • 1819: “One is from Hexamshire; he is wont to trace the Tynedale and Teviotdale thieves, as a bloodhound follows the slot of a hurt deer.” — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

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• slot-hound

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• lots
• STOL

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• close
• sluice

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slot n. (singular definite slottet, plural indefinite slotte)

1. castle
2. palace
3. manor house

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• IPA: /slɔt/

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het slot n. (plural sloten, diminutive slotje)

1. lock
2. castle
3. conclusion

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• sleutel m.

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• slotgracht