Opening vs. Slot

Openingverb

present participle of open

Openingnoun

An act or instance of making or becoming open.

Openingnoun

Something that is open.

Openingnoun

An act or instance of beginning.

Openingnoun

Something that is a beginning.

Openingnoun

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

Openingnoun

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

Openingnoun

The first few measures of a musical composition.

Openingnoun

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

Openingnoun

A vacant position, especially in an array.

Openingnoun

A time available in a schedule.

Openingnoun

An unoccupied employment position.

Openingnoun

An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.

Openingnoun

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

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

Openingnoun

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

Openingnoun

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

Openingnoun

An opportunity; as, an opening for business.

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.

Openingnoun

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

Openingnoun

an open or empty space in or between things;

Openingnoun

a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

Openingnoun

becoming open or being made open;

Openingnoun

the first performance (as of a theatrical production);

Openingnoun

the act of opening something;

Openingnoun

opportunity especially for employment or promotion;

Openingnoun

the initial part of the introduction;

Openingnoun

a possible alternative;

Openingnoun

an aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity;

Openingnoun

a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made;

Openingnoun

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

Openingnoun

the first of a series of actions;

Openingadjective

first or beginning;

Openingnoun

a space or gap that allows passage or access

Openingnoun

a beginning; an initial part

Openingnoun

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

Openingnoun

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

Openingnoun

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

Openingnoun

an opportunity to achieve something

Openingnoun

an available job

Openingadjective

coming at the beginning of something; initial

Slotnoun

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

Slotnoun

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

Slotnoun

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

Slotnoun

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

Slotnoun

The barrel or tube of a wave.

Slotnoun

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

Slotnoun

A gap in a schedule or sequence.

Slotnoun

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

Slotnoun

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

Slotnoun

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

Slotnoun

(informal) A slot machine designed for gambling.

Slotnoun

(slang) The vagina.

Slotnoun

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

Slotverb

To bar, bolt or lock a door or window.

Slotverb

To shut with violence; to slam.

Slotverb

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

Slotverb

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

Slotverb

To put something where it belongs.

Slotverb

}} To kill.

Slotnoun

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

Slotnoun

A bolt or bar for fastening a door.

Slotnoun

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

Slotnoun

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

Slotverb

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

Slotnoun

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

Slotnoun

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

Slotnoun

a time assigned on a schedule or agenda;

Slotnoun

a position in a hierarchy or organization;

Slotnoun

the trail of an animal (especially a deer);

Slotnoun

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

Slotnoun

a slot machine that is used for gambling;

Slotverb

assign a time slot;

Slotnoun

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

Slotnoun

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

Slotnoun

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

Slotnoun

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

Slotverb

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

Slotverb

be placed or able to be placed into a slot

Slotverb

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

Slotverb

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

Slotverb

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