berth vs slot

berth

noun
  • position on the field of play 

  • A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside. 

  • Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.) 

  • A job or position, especially on a ship. 

  • Position or seed in a tournament bracket. 

  • A fixed bunk for sleeping (in caravans, trains, etc). 

  • A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park. 

verb
  • To use a device to bring a spaceship into its berth/dock 

  • to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth/berthing 

  • to assign a berth (bunk or position) to 

slot

noun
  • The area between the last offensive lineman on either side of the center and the wide receiver on that side. 

  • The inside of the "rim" or semicircular copy desk, occupied by the supervisor of the copy editors. 

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

  • The vagina. 

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

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

  • A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm; a crevasse. 

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

  • A rectangular area directly in front of the net and extending toward the blue line. 

  • A period of time within a schedule or sequence. 

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

  • 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. 

  • The barrel or tube of a wave. 

  • A slot machine designed for gambling. 

  • In a flying display, the fourth position; after the leader and two wingmen. 

  • The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway. 

verb
  • To kick the ball between the posts for a goal; to score a goal by doing this. 

  • To fall, or cause to fall, into a crevasse. 

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

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

  • To create a slot (narrow aperture or groove), as for example by cutting or machining. 

  • To put something where it belongs. 

  • To kill. 

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