pigeon-hole

pigeon-hole
pigeon-holes, pigeon-holing, pigeon-holed
1) N-COUNT A pigeon-hole is one of the sections in a frame on a wall where letters and messages can be left for someone, or one of the sections in a writing desk where you can keep documents.
2) VERB To pigeon-hole someone or something means to decide that they belong to a particular class or category, often without considering all their qualities or characteristics.

[V n] He felt they had pigeonholed him...

[be V-ed as n] I don't want to be pigeonholed as a kids' presenter.

Syn:
3) N-COUNT If you put someone in a particular pigeon-hole, you decide that they belong in a particular category.

Because I had an unusual accent people were not able to put me into a pigeon-hole.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Pigeon English — Pigeon Pi geon, n. [F., fr. L. pipio a young pipping or chirping bird, fr. pipire to peep, chirp. Cf. {Peep} to chirp.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any bird of the order Columb[ae], of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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