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death slot

death slot noun: graveyard slot.

Noun

death slot (plural death slots)

  1. graveyard slot
    • First the network bounced the series around the schedule like a beach ball, preempted it often, and then settled the show into the death slot […]1997, TV Guide, volume 45
    • So they program shows exactly when TV networks don’t. They debut series on Fridays (considered “the death slot” in network TV) and over holidays.2015 December 16, James Poniewozik, “Streaming TV Isn’t Just a New Way to Watch. It’s a New Genre.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of death slot

pluraldeath slots

Questions about death slot

What does death slot mean?
Death slot means graveyard slot.
What part of speech is death slot?
Death slot is a noun.
What is the plural of death slot?
The plural of death slot is death slots.

Words near death slot in the dictionary

  1. death seats
  2. death sentence
  3. death sentences
  4. death slide
  5. death slides
  6. death slot
  7. death slots
  8. death spiral
  9. death spirals
  10. death squad
  11. death squads

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