slot
English
/slɒt/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
- (Scotland) An implement for baring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like.
- (electrical) A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings.
- (slang) The barrel or tube of a wave.
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German slot (lock, bolt, castle) derived from Middle Dutch slot derived from Proto-Germanic *slutą derived from Middle Dutch sluten (lock, close).
Origin
Middle Dutch
sluten
Gloss
lock, close
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
錠
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- back English
- deslot English
- mail English
- mail slot English
- multislot English
- reslot English
- slotback English
- slotless English
- slotlike English
- slottable English
- slotter English
- slottery English
- time English
- timeslot English
- Autoschlüssel German
- Barockschloss German
- Bassschlüssel German
- Datenbankschlüssel German
- Generalschlüssel German
- Haustürschlüssel German
- Innensechskantschlüssel German
- Königsschloss German
- Luftschloss German
- Notenschlüssel German
- Schloss German
- Schlosskirche German
- Schlüssel German
- Schlüsselbein German
- Schlüsselbund German
- Schlüsseldienst German
- Schlüsselgewalt German
- Schlüsselkind German
- Schlüsselklirren German
- Schlüsselloch German
- Schlüsselring German
- Schlüsselrolle German
- Schlüsselwort German
- Türschlüssel German
- Violinschlüssel German
- Zimmerschlüssel German
- Zündschlüssel German
- aufschlüsseln German
- entschlüsseln German
- schlüsselfertig German
- verschlüsseln German
- aaneensluiten Dutch, Flemish
- aansluiten Dutch, Flemish
- afsluiten Dutch, Flemish
- alcoholslot Dutch, Flemish
- besluiten Dutch, Flemish
- buitensluiten Dutch, Flemish
- hangslot Dutch, Flemish
- insluiten Dutch, Flemish
- kinderslot Dutch, Flemish
- kortsluiten Dutch, Flemish
- omsluiten Dutch, Flemish
- ontsluiten Dutch, Flemish
- opsluiten Dutch, Flemish
- slot Dutch, Flemish
- slotgracht Dutch, Flemish
- sluiten Dutch, Flemish
- sluiter Dutch, Flemish
- sluiting Dutch, Flemish
- sluitstuk Dutch, Flemish
- uitsluiten Dutch, Flemish
- vuursteenslot Dutch, Flemish
- slott Norwegian Bokmål
- *slutą Proto-Germanic
- slott Swedish
- slott Norwegian Nynorsk
- slot Danish
- ŝlosilo Esperanto
- selot Indonesian
- slot Middle Dutch
- sluten Middle Dutch
- sloz Old High German
- sluit Afrikaans
- slott Faroese
- slōz Middle High German
- loss Estonian
- *slot Old Dutch
- *slūtan Old Dutch
- slot Middle Low German
- sroto Sranan Tongo