pigeon holing

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Definition of pigeon holing in English English dictionary

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pigeon hole

(noun) A small recess (usu. one of a series) for a domestic pigeon to nest in; transf. a small room, apartment, etc. Formerly also (Criminals' slang) the stocks; an instrument in which the hands of culprits were confined, when being flogged

pigeon hole

(verb) Furnish with or divide into a set of pigeon-holes

pigeon hole

(noun) a.) Any of a series of compartments in a desk or on a wall, open in front, for keeping and sorting papers, letters, etc. b.) fig. Any of a series of categories for the classification of facts, ideas, people, etc. "R. H. Morrieson - I had privately consigned Len Ramsbottom to the pigeon-hole 'lousiest typist ever'."

pigeon hole

Assign to a definite place in the memory, or in an ordered group of ideas; categorize mentally. "National Times - He was labelled schizophrenic, a diagnosis flung around to pigeon-hole misfits

pigeon hole

((noun) Typography) An excessively wide space between words. slang

pigeon hole

(noun) A hole in a wall or door for the passage of pigeons; transf. any of a series of holes for the passage of liquids, escape of gases, etc

pigeon hole

(noun - In pl.) An old outdoor game, probably in which balls were bowled at small arched apertures

pigeon hole

(noun) A seat in the top row of the gallery of a theatre. rare. 1

pigeonholing

a system for classifying things into groups

pigeonholing

the classification of disparate entities into categories, not always for the right reason

pigeonholing

present participle of pigeonhole

Hyphenation

pi·geon hol·ing

Turkish pronunciation

pîcın hōlîng

Pronunciation

/ˈpəʤən ˈhōləɴɢ/ /ˈpɪʤən ˈhoʊlɪŋ/