A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it. / A period of time within a schedule or sequence.

To put something (such as a coin) into a slot (narrow aperture) / To assign something or someone into a slot (gap in a schedule or sequence) / To put something where it belongs.

A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc. / A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.

(obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To bar, bolt or lock a door or window. / (obsolete, transitive, UK, dialectal) To shut with violence; to slam.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slot

plural of slot

(transitive) To put something into a slot. / To put something into its desired place / To schedule something for a particular time.

present participle of slot

allocation to a slot

simple past tense and past participle of slot