slotted

1. 1
   adjective

   Made with one or more narrow openings or grooves.

   Like a spoon with little gaps that let water slip through.

   A slotted spoon lets the water drain away while keeping the food.

   The metal bracket has a slotted hole so you can move it up or down.

   Similargrooved, notched, perforated, slit

   Oppositesolid

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of slot. Use this form for something already put into place.

   She slotted the coin into the machine and waited for her ticket.

   He slotted the books neatly onto the shelf.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Full of deep cracks in the ice.

   The slotted glacier ahead forced the team to walk many extra miles.

   Rescue crews stayed off the heavily slotted plateau after the storm.

   Similarcrevassed, fissured, cracked

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4. 4
   adjective

   Stuck tightly in a deep crack in the ice.

   Like a foot stuck tight in a gap between two rocks.

   The supply sled got slotted when the snow bridge gave way.

   Two team members were slotted up to their waists before the others pulled them out.

   Similarstuck, trapped, wedged, lodged, jammed

   Oppositefree, loose

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