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
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.