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graveyard slot

graveyard slot noun: a time period, especially very late at night, during which the audience is very small compared to other times of the day.

Noun

graveyard slot (plural graveyard slots)

  1. A time period, especially very late at night, during which the audience is very small compared to other times of the day.
    Synonyms:
    death slot

Synonyms of graveyard slot

Forms of graveyard slot

pluralgraveyard slots

Origin of graveyard slot

From graveyard + slot, from the analogy of death to absence, see also dead air, dead silence/dead silent.

Questions about graveyard slot

What does graveyard slot mean?
Graveyard slot means a time period, especially very late at night, during which the audience is very small compared to other times of the day.
What part of speech is graveyard slot?
Graveyard slot is a noun.
What is the plural of graveyard slot?
The plural of graveyard slot is graveyard slots.

Words near graveyard slot in the dictionary

  1. graveyard poetry
  2. graveyard shift
  3. graveyard shifter
  4. graveyard shifters
  5. graveyard shifts
  6. graveyard slot
  7. graveyard slots
  8. graveyard spiral
  9. graveyard spirals
  10. graveyard stew
  11. graveyard watch

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