Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

graveyard slot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables
grave-yard s-lot
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

graveyard slots (plural)

Synonyms

death slot

Questions

What does graveyard slot mean?
A time period, especially very late at night, during which the audience is very small compared to other times of the day.
Where does graveyard slot come from?
From graveyard + slot, from the analogy of death to absence, see also dead air, dead silence/dead silent.

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