Pigeonhole - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊl|
Brit.
|ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊl|
noun
- a specific (often simplistic) category
- a small compartment
- a small compartment
verb
- place into a small compartment
- treat or classify according to a mental stereotype (syn: stamp, stereotype)
- 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
I/you/we/they: pigeonhole
he/she/it: pigeonholes
present participle: pigeonholing
past tense: pigeonholed
past participle: pigeonholed
noun
singular: pigeonhole
plural: pigeonholes
singular: pigeonhole
plural: pigeonholes
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