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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A conventionally defined time interval in a schedule.

   "Prime-time television has two- to four-hour-long timeslots."

Verb

1. 1
   To allocate to one or more timeslots. transitive

Example

More examples

"Prime-time television has two- to four-hour-long timeslots."

Etymology

From time + slot.

Related phrases

time slice

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