slot
Meaning
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- 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.
- An implement for barring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/slɒt/
Etymology
From Middle English slot, from Middle Low German slot or Middle Dutch slot, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *slutą, related to the verb *sleutaną (“to lock”). Cognate with German Schloss (“door-bolt”), Dutch slot. The verb is probably from Middle Dutch sluten (“to close, to lock”) (Modern Dutch sluiten (“to close”)).
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