slot
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
he developed a version of slot grammar
Types & categories
- spatial relation hypernym
Sense 2 verb
assign a time slot
slot a television program
Types & categories
- schedule hypernym
Related & opposite
- time slot derivation
Sense 3 noun
a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail)
he put a quarter in the slot
Types & categories
Sense 4 noun
a time assigned on a schedule or agenda
the TV program has a new time slot
Types & categories
- interval hypernym
Related & opposite
- slot derivation
Sense 5 noun
a position in a hierarchy or organization
Bob Dylan occupied the top slot for several weeks
Types & categories
- status hypernym
Sense 6 noun
the trail of an animal (especially a deer)
he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees
Types & categories
- trail hypernym
Sense 7 noun
(computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board
the PC had three slots for additional memory
Types & categories
- receptacle hypernym
Related & opposite
- computer domain topic
Sense 8 noun
a slot machine that is used for gambling
they spend hours and hours just playing the slots
Types & categories
- slot machine hypernym
- fruit machine hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | spatial relation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | time slot |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | schedule |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | slit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | coin slot |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mail slot |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | slot |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | interval |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | status |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | trail |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | computer |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | receptacle |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | slot machine |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | fruit machine |