pigeonhole
pigeonhole
Definition
pigeon·hole (pij′ən hōl′)
noun
- a small recess or hole for pigeons to nest in, usually in a compartmented structure
- a small open compartment, as in a desk, for filing papers
transitive verb -·holed′, -·hol′·ing
- to put in the pigeonhole of a desk, etc.
- to put aside indefinitely, as if intending to ignore or forget; shelve
- to assign to a category or categories; classify
pigeonhole
Synonyms
pigeonhole
Synonyms
pigeonhole
Usage Examples
Object
- people: Our society seems to want to pigeonhole people, with its progress toward a world culture.
- band: Kai: There seems to be a real feeling to pigeonhole bands.
Converse of object
- specify: Put the result in the pigeonhole specified by the first operand.
- have: The head gardener also has a pigeonhole with the porters.
- give: Take the bit of paper and put in the pigeonhole given in the next line of code.
- avoid: Trying to avoid pigeonholes and keep up some kind of coherent flow from tune to tune.
- contain: The Porters ' Lodge is to the right inside of the main entrance; it also contains the pigeonholes.
- check: Bumped into flat neighbor called Margery whilst checking the post pigeonhole.
Preposition: into
- category: Many found it reprehensible that people on TV should be pigeonholed into ethnic categories.
Adjective modifier
- departmental: Information will also be passed to you during the year through your departmental pigeonholes or through your supervisor ( Modern History students only ).
- convenient: Well, against being bundled into that convenient pigeonhole at least.
- existing: The existing legal pigeonholes make us insensitive to the many varieties of organized crime, criminal organizations, and networks of criminal cliques.
Modifies a noun
- principle: The weak pigeonhole principle is related to approximate counting whose exact complexity is unknown.
Modifying Another Word
- easily: This film is not so easily pigeonholed, nor is its protagonist.
- n't: The movie proves again that you ca n't pigeonhole Spielberg into one genre or even one type of movie.
- neatly: Their diversity demonstrates that blind and partially sighted people cannot be neatly pigeonholed.
- often: It will improve the situation whereby people's problems are often pigeonholed into one category, such as race, gender or disability.
Noun used with modifier
- staff: Staff pigeonholes ( in the form of white lockers ) are located on the second floor almost opposite room 222.
Preposition: in
- mailroom: The pigeonholes in the mailroom are under the surveillance of the Porters.
Preposition: for
- mail: Pigeonholes for postgraduate mail are situated in the Departmental Office.
Browse dictionary entries near pigeonhole
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- pigeon pea
- pigeon-livered
- pigeon-hearted
- pigeon hawk
- pigeon drop
- pigeon breast
- pigeon
- pigboat
- pig Latin
- pigeonwing
- pigfish
- piggery
- piggin
- piggish
- piggy
- piggy bank
- piggyback
- piggybacking
- pigheaded
