Words / B2

SLOT/slɒt/

A slot is a narrow opening, or a time or place in a timetable: a clash slot; a time slot. Gap is wider; opening is the diary twin. Book a clash slot on the portal. Mix-up: plot is a storyline or conspiracy (already elsewhere); slat is a thin strip of wood. Do not call a whole week a slot.

Meaning

A narrow opening; also a time or place in a timetable or schedule.

Examples

• “Book a clash slot on the portal before Friday, exams office said.”
• “Post the form through the slot, which is the opening sense.”

Good to know

a time / exam / parking slot; a letter slot. Diary twin: opening. Trap: plot / slat. Timetables and notices. A booked space or a narrow opening.

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