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Meaning ofpigeonholein English

pigeonhole

us//ˈpɪdʒ.ənˌhoʊl//uk//ˈpɪdʒ.ə.nəʊl//

Pluralpigeonholes
Past Tensepigeonholed
Participle Verbpigeonholing
Third Person Singularpigeonholes

Definitions

Noun
1. a compartment for pigeons
2. a desk compartment for sorting papers; storing documents
3. a mail receiver compartment (college, office, etc.)
  The students checked their pigeonhole for any new mail.
4. a mental category (for classification)
  She tried to avoid putting people into a pigeonhole based on their job titles.
Verb
1. to categorize (limit to a category)
  Don't pigeonhole people based on their appearance.

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