Pigeonhole : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Pigeonhole	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Pigeonhole
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pigeonhole n a specific (often simplistic) category a small compartment Synonym(s): cubbyhole, pigeonhole v place into a small compartment treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" Synonym(s): pigeonhole, stereotype, stamp
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pigeonhole \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pigeonhole \Pi"geonhole`\, 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.