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Definition of Pigeonhole
1. Noun. A specific (often simplistic) category.
2. Verb. Place into a small compartment.
3. Noun. A small compartment.
4. Verb. Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype. "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"
Generic synonyms: Assort, Class, Classify, Separate, Sort, Sort Out
Derivative terms: Pigeonholing, Stamp, Stereotype
Definition of Pigeonhole
1. 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.
2. 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.
Definition of Pigeonhole
1. Noun. A nook in a desk for holding papers. ¹
2. Noun. One of an array of compartments for sorting post, messages etc. at an office, or college (for example). ¹
3. Noun. A hole, or roosting place for pigeons. ¹
4. Verb. To categorize; especially to limit or be limited to a particular category, role, etc. ¹
5. Verb. To put aside, to not act on (proposals, suggestions, advice). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pigeonhole
1. [v -HOLED, -HOLING, -HOLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigeonhole
Literary usage of Pigeonhole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"2. hollow, coyer, nook, alcove, niche, retreat; spec, pigeonhole, cubbyhole,
oriel; see CLOSET. Antonyms: see PROJECTION. recess, V. t. 1. ..."
2. The United States Post Office: Its Past Record, Present Condition, and by Daniel Calhoun Roper (1917)
"There will be a pigeonhole for all local mail, a pigeonhole for each nearby State
or group of distant States, a pigeonhole for each of several very large ..."
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