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
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.