Pigeonhole - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊl|  American pronunciation of the word pigeonhole
Brit.  |ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊl|  British pronunciation of the word pigeonhole

noun

- a specific (often simplistic) category
- a small compartment

verb

- place into a small compartment
- treat or classify according to a mental stereotype (syn: stamp, stereotype)

Extra examples

Patsy was pigeonholed as a Country and Western singer, but that's too simple.

He was incapable of arranging his thoughts in orderly symmetrical pigeonholes.

It's not a band to be pigeonholed style-wise.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: pigeonhole
he/she/it: pigeonholes
present participle: pigeonholing
past tense: pigeonholed
past participle: pigeonholed
noun
singular: pigeonhole
plural: pigeonholes
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