In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
slot
(verb) assign a time slot; “slot a television program”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
slotted (not comparable)
Having slots.
(Antarctica, of ice or snow) Containing crevasses.
slotted
simple past tense and past participle of slot
• dottles, toldest
Source: Wiktionary
Slot"ted, a.
Definition: Having a slot.
Slot, n. Etym: [LG. & D. slot a lock, from a verb meaning to close., to shut, D. sluiten; akin to G. schliessen, OHG. sliozan, OFries. sl, and probably to L. claudere. Cf. Close, Sluice.]
1. A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat.
2. A bolt or bar for fastening a door. [Prov. Eng.]
3. A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
Slot, v. t. Etym: [See Slot a bar.]
Definition: To shut with violence; to slam; as, to slot a door. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Slot, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. sl, and E. sleuth.]
Definition: The track of a deer; hence, a track of any kind. Milton. As a bloodhound follows the slot of a hurt deer. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.