Opening vs. Slot

Openingverb

present participle of open

Slotnoun

A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.

Openingnoun

An act or instance of making or becoming open.

‘The daily openings of the day lily bloom gives it its name.’; ‘He remembered fondly the Christmas morning opening of presents.’;

Slotnoun

A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.

Openingnoun

Something that is open.

‘A salamander darted out of an opening in the rocks.’; ‘He slipped through an opening in the crowd.’;

Slotnoun

An implement for baring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like.

Openingnoun

An act or instance of beginning.

‘There have been few factory and store openings in the US lately.’; ‘Their opening of the concert with Brass in Pocket always fires up the crowd.’;

Slotnoun

(electrical) A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings.

Openingnoun

Something that is a beginning.

Slotnoun

The barrel or tube of a wave.

Openingnoun

The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.

‘They were disappointed at the turnout for their opening, but hoped that word would spread.’;

Slotnoun

A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.

Openingnoun

The initial period a show at an art gallery or museum is first opened, especially the first evening.

Slotnoun

A gap in a schedule or sequence.

Openingnoun

The first few measures of a musical composition.

Slotnoun

(aviation) The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.

Openingnoun

(chess) The first few moves in a game of chess.

‘John spends two hours a day studying openings, and another two hours studying endgames.’;

Slotnoun

(aviation) In a flying display, the fourth position; after the leader and two wingmen.

Openingnoun

A vacant position, especially in an array.

‘Are there likely to be any openings on the Supreme Court in the next four years?’;

Slotnoun

(computing) A space in memory or on disk etc. in which a particular type of object can be stored.

‘The game offers four save slots.’;

Openingnoun

A time available in a schedule.

‘If you'd like to make a booking with us, we have an opening at twelve o'clock.’; ‘The only two-hour openings for the hockey rink are between 1AM and 5AM.’;

Slotnoun

(informal) A slot machine designed for gambling.

‘I walked past the poker tables and went straight to the slots.’;

Openingnoun

An unoccupied employment position.

‘We have an opening in our marketing department.’;

Slotnoun

(slang) The vagina.

Openingnoun

An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.

Slotnoun

The track of an animal, especially a deer; spoor.

Openingnoun

(math) In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.

Slotverb

To bar, bolt or lock a door or window.

Openingadjective

(cricket) describing the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket; describing a batsman who opens the innings or a bowler who opens the attack

Slotverb

To shut with violence; to slam.

‘to slot a door’;

Openingnoun

The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech.

‘The opening of your glory was like that of light.’;

Slotverb

To put something (such as a coin) into a slot (narrow aperture)

Openingnoun

A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole.

‘We saw him at the opening of his tent.’;

Slotverb

To assign something or someone into a slot (gap in a schedule or sequence)

Openingnoun

An opportunity; as, an opening for business.

Slotverb

To put something where it belongs.

Openingnoun

A vacant place; a job which does not have a current occupant; as, they are now interviewing candidates for the two openings in the department.

Slotverb

}} To kill.

Openingnoun

A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; a clearing; as, oak openings.

Slotnoun

A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat.

Openingnoun

an open or empty space in or between things;

‘there was a small opening between the trees’; ‘the explosion made a gap in the wall’;

Slotnoun

A bolt or bar for fastening a door.

Openingnoun

a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

Slotnoun

A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.

Openingnoun

becoming open or being made open;

‘the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for’;

Slotnoun

The track of a deer; hence, a track of any kind.

‘As a bloodhound follows the slot of a hurt deer.’;

Openingnoun

the first performance (as of a theatrical production);

‘the opening received good critical reviews’;

Slotverb

To shut with violence; to slam; as, to slot a door.

Openingnoun

the act of opening something;

‘the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door’;

Slotnoun

a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable;

‘he developed a version of slot grammar’;

Openingnoun

opportunity especially for employment or promotion;

‘there is an opening in the sales department’;

Slotnoun

a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail);

‘he put a quarter in the slot’;

Openingnoun

the initial part of the introduction;

‘the opening established the basic theme’;

Slotnoun

a time assigned on a schedule or agenda;

‘the TV program has a new time slot’; ‘an aircraft landing slot’;

Openingnoun

a possible alternative;

‘bankruptcy is always a possibility’;

Slotnoun

a position in a hierarchy or organization;

‘Bob Dylan occupied the top slot for several weeks’; ‘she beat some tough competition for the number one slot’;

Openingnoun

an aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity;

‘the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart’;

Slotnoun

the trail of an animal (especially a deer);

‘he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees’;

Openingnoun

a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made;

‘they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door’;

Slotnoun

(computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board;

‘the PC had three slots for additional memory’;

Openingnoun

an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

Slotnoun

a slot machine that is used for gambling;

‘they spend hours and hours just playing the slots’;

Openingnoun

the first of a series of actions;

‘he memorized all the important chess openings’;

Slotverb

assign a time slot;

‘slot a television programs’;

Openingadjective

first or beginning;

‘the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth’; ‘the play's opening scene’;

Slotnoun

a long, narrow aperture or slit in a machine for something to be inserted

‘he slid a coin into the slot of the jukebox’;

Openingnoun

a space or gap that allows passage or access

‘an opening in the roof would get rid of the smoke’;

Slotnoun

a groove or channel into which something fits or in which something works, such as one in the head of a screw

‘a screwdriver fitted into the slot’;

Openingnoun

a beginning; an initial part

‘Maya started tapping out the opening of her story’;

Slotnoun

an allotted place in an arrangement or scheme such as a broadcasting schedule

‘landing slots at Heathrow airport’; ‘a late-night television slot’;

Openingnoun

a ceremony or celebratory gathering at which a building, show, etc. is declared to be open

‘I covered the opening of a new computerized diagnosis unit’;

Slotnoun

the track of a deer, as visible in soft ground.

Openingnoun

a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game.

Slotverb

place (an object) into a slot, typically one specifically designed to receive it

‘the plates come in sections that can be slotted together’; ‘he slotted a cassette into the tape machine’;

Openingnoun

a counsel's preliminary statement of a case in a law court.

Slotverb

be placed or able to be placed into a slot

‘the processors will slot into a personal computer’;

Openingnoun

an opportunity to achieve something

‘they seem to have exploited fully the openings offered’;

Slotverb

(of a soccer player) score (a goal) with a precise shot

‘he slotted in the opening goal’;

Openingnoun

an available job

‘there are few openings for the ex-footballer’;

Slotverb

(of a person) fit easily into (a new role or situation)

‘employers look for someone who will slot into the office culture’;

Openingadjective

coming at the beginning of something; initial

‘she stole the show with her opening remark’;

Slotverb

manage to find a time or opportunity to deal with someone or something

‘I can slot you in at 3.15, if that works for you’;