Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: cubbyhole, stamp, stereotype

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

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