A narrow opening in something, or a groove that runs through it. A slot is the hole in a machine that accepts coins, or in “ticket-in, ticket-out” machines, paper tickets with barcodes. The slots on a video game console are the holes into which you can insert your coins or tokens.
A slot can also refer to:
The narrow notch or opening between the tips of the primaries of certain birds, which during flight helps maintain a flow of air over the wings. Also used to describe the space between the blades of an ice hockey stick. In aviation, a scheduled time and place for an aircraft to take off or land, as authorized by an airport or air-traffic control authority: