English

Pronunciation
IPA|/sl�t/
audio|en-us-slot.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�t|-�t

Etymology 1
From Middle Low German #Low German|slot or Middle (and modern) Dutch #Dutch|slot, from West Germanic. Cognate with German Schloss �door-bolt�.

Noun
en-noun

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.

Translations
trans-top|wooden bar for fastening door
French: barre f
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trans-top|broad bolt or bar, crosspiece
Danish: liste, lamel
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Verb
en-verb|slots|slotting|slotted

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

Etymology 2
From Old French esclot, of unknown origin.

Noun
en-noun

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

Translations
trans-top|A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture
Danish: sprække, revne, rille, kærv
Finnish: reikä, rako, aukko
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French: emplacement m
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trans-top|The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway
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Etymology 3
From Old French esclot, from Old Norse slóð �track�. Compare sleuth.

Noun
en-noun

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

Translations

Danish: spor
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Derived terms
slot-hound

Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Spanish: ranura f

Anagrams
lots

See also
close
sluice

Danish

Noun
slot n

1. castle
2. palace
3. manor house

Dutch

Etymology
rfe

Noun
slot n

1. lock
2. castle
3. conclusion

See also
sleutel m

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