slotter

[ slot-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that slots. slot.
2. a machine tool for shaping vertical surfaces with a cutting tool held in a vertically reciprocating ram.

Word History and Origins

Origin of slotter¹

First recorded in 1880–85; slot ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The scholarly Dr. Kimble, in all his six years of research, failed to learn the difference between a lathe and a vertical shaper/slotter.

From New York Times

That is a concept called “self-concept clarity,” said Villanova University psychologist Erica Slotter, and it affects even the person who initiates the breakup.

From Wall Street Journal

Slotter finished with 318 yards passing.

From Washington Times

If the eye has been bored and faced in the lathe the faces will be about true with the hole, but if it has had its faces trued in a machine, as a planer or slotter, and the hole bored subsequently in a slotting machine, the hole may not be true to the faces.

From Project Gutenberg

"San Diego is inherently safer today because of the cooperation between our agencies working together to disrupt and dismantle the criminal activities of these dangerous individuals," Slotter said.

From Reuters