Synonyms for slot
slɒtslot

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1. slotnoun

   a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable

   "he developed a version of slot grammar"

   Synonyms:
   time slot, one-armed bandit, expansion slot

2. slotnoun

   a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail)

   "he put a quarter in the slot"

   Synonyms:
   time slot, one-armed bandit, expansion slot

3. time slot, slotnoun

   a time assigned on a schedule or agenda

   "the TV program has a new time slot"; "an aircraft landing slot"

   Synonyms:
   time slot, one-armed bandit, expansion slot

4. slotnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   time slot, one-armed bandit, expansion slot

5. slotnoun

   the trail of an animal (especially a deer)

   "he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees"

   Synonyms:
   time slot, one-armed bandit, expansion slot

6. slot, expansion slotnoun

   (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board

   "the PC had three slots for additional memory"

   Synonyms:
   time slot, one-armed bandit, expansion slot

7. slot, one-armed banditverb

   a slot machine that is used for gambling

   "they spend hours and hours just playing the slots"

   Synonyms:
   time slot, one-armed bandit, expansion slot

8. slotverb

   assign a time slot

   "slot a television program"

Matched Categories

1. • Computer
   • Position
   • Receptacle
   • Schedule
   • Slit
   • Status
   • Trail

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1. List of paraphrases for "slot":

   groove, slots, slit, niche, cleft, slotting, interval, slotted

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1. David Zurawik:

   It's a huge thing and that's a big part of this story, Brian, I think is that Chris Cuomo as a performer, as a talent in the 9:00 p.m. time slot, did a terrific job. I mean,he did a terrific job. He had almost a million viewers a night.He was competitive in the toughest primetime time slot there is.

2. World Athletics:

   There's a rather sobering statistic : 70 % of competitors that are chasing an Tokyo Olympics slot are only going to have one chance of this, to pull the plugs on an Olympic Games when football, tennis, rugby and so many other sports are now up and running -- and some even with crowds -- where cities are coming out of lockdown and are moving towards normalcy, I can see no good reason why you wouldn't want to do everything you possibly can to make sure that you're not discarding a generation of athletes who have spent over half their young lives in pursuit of this one moment which is real life for them and their families and their friends and the systems that have been in place to support them.

3. James Corden:

   I think in the time slot we're in, we have a carte blanche in a way to make a looser show and for it to feel like a more fun environment.

4. Raymond Chandler:

   Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur.

5. Oliver Herzfeld:

   This is going to be an enormously expensive thing for the network regardless of what they have to pay to settle with Roseanne and whatever guaranteed minimums they have to pay to the cast and crew that has bargaining power. This was an extremely successful reboot and they’re going to lose all the revenue that they were expecting to receive with this show, they’ll have to replace the time slot as well with a show that might not be as successful.