English to English
pigeonhole
('p/I//dZ//@/n,h/oU/l
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noun (n)
- a specific (often simplistic) category(noun.cognition)source: wordnet30
- 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)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- place into a small compartment(verb.contact)source: wordnet30
- treat or classify according to a mental stereotype(verb.cognition)source: wordnet30
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913
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