Uk English Meaning of pigeonhole

pigeonhole

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Definitions and Meaning of pigeonhole in English

Wordnet

pigeonhole (n)

a specific (often simplistic) category

a small compartment

Wordnet

pigeonhole (v)

place into a small compartment

treat or classify according to a mental stereotype

Webster

pigeonhole (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.

Webster

pigeonhole (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.

FAQs About the word pigeonhole

pigeonhole

a specific (often simplistic) category, a small compartment, place into a small compartment, treat or classify according to a mental stereotypeA small compartme

categorise,Classify,identify,relegate,separate,class,codify,compartmentalize,distinguish,distribute

confuse,disarrange,jumble,lump,mix up,scramble,misclassify,Typo,missort

pigeon-hearted => Pigeon-hearted, pigeonfoot => Pigeonfoot, pigeon-breasted => pigeon-breasted, pigeon toes => pigeon-toed, pigeon pea => Pigeon pea,