Associations to the word «Pigeonhole»
Noun
- Genre
- Critic
- Drawer
- Desk
- Principle
- Rack
- Pigeon
- Generalization
- Envelope
- Subset
- Counting
- Slip
- Enough
- Tray
- Array
- Proof
- Clerk
- Input
- Output
- Fiction
- Joke
- Backing
- Algorithm
- Paper
- Band
- Bureau
- Item
- Arrow
- Hole
- Sheet
- Being
- Label
- Sort
- Music
- Element
- Roll
- Lincoln
- Category
- Artist
- Least
- Album
- Character
- Employee
- Combination
- Circuit
- Single
- Success
- Function
- Box
- Writing
- Numbers
- Chief
- Corner
- Term
- Pair
- Value
- Set
- Release
Adjective
Wiktionary
PIGEONHOLE, noun. A nook in a desk for holding papers.
PIGEONHOLE, noun. One of an array of compartments for sorting post, messages etc. at an office, or college (for example).
PIGEONHOLE, noun. A hole, or roosting place for pigeons.
PIGEONHOLE, noun. Ancient Roman system of storage, used in libraries for keeping scrolls
PIGEONHOLE, verb. To categorize; especially to limit or be limited to a particular category, role, etc.
PIGEONHOLE, verb. To put aside, to not act on (proposals, suggestions, advice).
PIGEONHOLE PRINCIPLE, noun. (mathematics) A theorem which states that there does not exist an injective function on finite sets whose codomain is smaller than its domain.
Dictionary definition
PIGEONHOLE, noun. A specific (often simplistic) category.
PIGEONHOLE, noun. A small compartment.
PIGEONHOLE, verb. Place into a small compartment.
PIGEONHOLE, verb. Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European".
Wise words
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of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
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