Meaning of PIGEONHOLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'pijun`howl
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | cubbyhole, stamp, stereotype |
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| | See Also: | | assort, category, class, classify, compartment, lay, place, pose, position, put, separate, set, sort, sort out | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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