About The Word Pigeonhole

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Pigeonhole

Pigeonhole Meaning & Definition
Pigeonhole Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pigeonhole?

[n] a small compartment
[n] a specific (often simplistic) category
[v] treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"
[v] place into a small compartment

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pigeonhole: cubbyhole | stamp | stereotype

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pigeonhole: adjourn | air hole | alphabetize | analyze | armhole | arrange | assort | bibliography | blood | blowhole | book | bracket | branch | break down | bullet-hole | bunghole | calendar | card catalog | caste | catalog | catalogue raisonne | categorize | category | clan | class | classified catalog | classify | codify | constitute | continue | cringle | cubby | cubbyhole | deadeye | decree | defer | delay | digest | divide | division | doghouse | drag out | enact | enact laws | enroll | enter | enumerate | estate | extend | eye | eyelet | file | filibuster | filing system | finding list | gasket | get the floor | grade | grommet | group | grouping | guide | handlist | hang fire | hang up | have the floor | head | heading | hold off | hold over | hold up | hole | identify | impanel | index | inventory | itemize | keep score | keyhole | kill | kin | knothole | label | lay aside | lay away | lay by | lay over | league | legislate | letter file | level | list | lobby through | logroll | loop | loophole | manhole | mousehole | name | niche | ordain | order | pass | peephole | pigeonholes | pinch | pinhole | place | placket | placket hole | playhouse | pocket | porthole | position | post | postpone | predicament | program | prolong | prorogate | prorogue | protract | punch-hole | push aside | put aside | put away | put in force | put in mothballs | put off | put on ice | put through | race | railroad through | range | rank | rate | rating | recess | register | reserve | roll logs | rubric | schedule | score | section | sept | set | set aside | set by | shelve | shift off | sideline | sleep on | slot | sort | spiracle | stand over | station | status | stave off | stay | store | stow | strain | stratum | stretch out | subdivide | subdivision | subgroup | suborder | suspend | table | table the motion | tabulate | take a recess | take the floor | tally | tap | tier | tight spot | tight squeeze | title | type | vent | venthole | veto | waive | yield the floor

See Also | assort | category | class | classify | compartment | lay | place | pose | position | put | separate | set | sort | sort out

Pigeonhole In Webster's Dictionary

\Pi"geon*hole`\, n. A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote. --Burke.
\Pi"geon*hole`\, v. t. To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely; as, to pigeonhole a letter or a report.

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