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

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