Meaning & use
card slot
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Meanings
nouncountablecomputing
A narrow opening in a device or machine where you insert a memory card, SIM card or payment card.
Grammar: Countable: the phone has two card slots.
Patterns
- a card slot for something
The camera has a card slot on the side.
This laptop has no card slot, so I need an adapter.
nouncountable
The opening in a machine, such as a cash machine or payment terminal, where a bank card goes in.
Grammar: Countable.
Push your card into the card slot until it clicks.
The card slot on the ticket machine was jammed.
Word forms
| plural | card slots |
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Common combinations
- SD card slot
- The tablet has an SD card slot.
- SIM card slot
- Open the SIM card slot with a pin.
- insert into the card slot
- Insert the card into the card slot.
- dual card slot
- A dual card slot lets you use two numbers.
Synonyms and how they differ
- card reader
- A card reader is the device or part that reads the card, while the slot is only the opening.
- port
- Port is a general socket for cables, while a card slot takes a flat card.
Word family
- slot noun
- a narrow opening
Practice
Where do you put a memory card in a camera?
Choose one answer.
The card slot is the opening for the memory card. The other parts do not hold cards.
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