slot vs tray

slot

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

  • 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. 

  • The barrel or tube of a wave. 

  • A slot machine designed for gambling. 

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

  • 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. 

tray

noun
  • A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations. 

  • A gay trans person, particularly a man (a man who is both transgender and gay) 

  • A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging. 

  • The platform of a truck that supports the load to be hauled. 

  • The items on a full tray. 

  • A notification area used for icons and alerts. 

  • A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried. 

verb
  • to slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria. 

  • to place (items) on a tray 

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