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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

スロット

Pronunciation / Transliteration: surotto

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Slot/slɒt/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2100 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"コインをスロットに入れてください。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A long, narrow aperture or hole made in something, such as a coin slot or a mail slot.

    "He dropped a coin into the slot of the parking meter."
  2. 2

    A scheduled time or place for a specific activity or event in a timetable or program.

    "We managed to secure a morning interview slot for the candidate."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old Norse word slóð meaning 'track' or 'trail', and later influenced by Old French esclot meaning 'hollow in the breast'. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from a physical track or depression to a narrow opening or designated time allocation.

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