slot1

noun

• 1a long, narrow aperture or slit in a machine for something to be inserted:he slid a coin into the slot of the jukebox
• a groove or channel into which something fits or in which something works, such as one in the head of a screw.

• 2an allotted place in an arrangement or plan such as a broadcasting schedule:a late-night television slot landing slots at O’Hare

verb (slots, slotting, slotted)

• place (something) into a long, narrow aperture:he slotted a cassette into the tape machine the plates come in sections that can be slotted together
• [no object] be placed or able to be placed into a slot:the processors will slot into a personal computer