slot
verb/slɒt/
/slɑːt/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they slot | /slɒt/ /slɑːt/ |
| he / she / it slots | /slɒts/ /slɑːts/ |
| past simple slotted | /ˈslɒtɪd/ /ˈslɑːtɪd/ |
| past participle slotted | /ˈslɒtɪd/ /ˈslɑːtɪd/ |
| -ing form slotting | /ˈslɒtɪŋ/ /ˈslɑːtɪŋ/ |
- to put something into a space that is available or designed for it; to fit into such a space
- slot something + adv./prep. The bed comes in sections that can be quickly slotted together.
- + adv./prep. The dishwasher slots neatly between the cupboards.
- These tubes slot together like this.
Extra Examples- He slotted the magazines neatly into the rack.
- The panels slot together to make a box.
- (figurative) He has slotted back into the role of being a second-in-command.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- easily
- neatly
- simply
- …
- in
- into
- slot (something) into place
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘slight depression running down the middle of the chest’, surviving as a Scots term): from Old French esclot, of obscure origin.
Idioms
See slot in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryslot/fall into place
- if something complicated or difficult to understand slots or falls into place, it becomes organized or clear in your mind
- Then I found his diary and it all began to slot into place.
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