A pigeonhole is a small nesting area for a pigeon, or a similarly cozy compartment or alcove. If you feel like you're stuck in a restrictive category only thought of as someone's sister, for example that's another kind of pigeonhole.
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.
Noun
a small compartment
Noun
a specific (often simplistic) category
Verb
treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"
Verb
place into a small compartment
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.
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.
Pigeonhole
Pigeonhole
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.
To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely;
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