pigeonhole Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a specific (often simplistic) category
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noun a small compartment
cubbyhole.
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verb place into a small compartment
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verb treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
stamp; stereotype.
- I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European
WordNet
Pi"geon*hole` noun
Definitions
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` transitive verb
Definitions
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
