Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pigeonhole"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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