Found 3 items, similar to pigeonhole.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: pigeonhole
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pigeonhole
pigeonhole
n 1: a specific (often simplistic) category
2: a small compartment [syn:
cubbyhole]
v 1: place into a small compartment
2: treat or classify according to a mental stereotype;
“I was
stereotyped as a lazy Southern European” [syn:
stereotype,
stamp]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pigeonhole
Pigeonhole
\Pi"geon*hole`\, 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.
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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.
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