cubbyhole, pigeonhole
(noun) a small compartment
pigeonhole
(noun) a specific (often simplistic) category
pigeonhole, stereotype, stamp
(verb) treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; “I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European”
pigeonhole
(verb) place into a small compartment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pigeonhole (plural pigeonholes)
One of an array of compartments for housing pigeons.
One of an array of compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.
One of an array of compartments for storing scrolls at a library.
A similar compartment in a desk, used for sorting and storing papers.
pigeonhole (third-person singular simple present pigeonholes, present participle pigeonholing, simple past and past participle pigeonholed)
To categorize; especially to limit or be limited to a particular category, role, etc.
To put aside, to not act on (proposals, suggestions, advice).
• (not act on): mothball, shelve, table, glovebox
Source: Wiktionary
Pi"geon*hole`, n.
Definition: A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote. Burke.
Pi"geon*hole`, v. t.
Definition: To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely; as, to pigeonhole a letter or a report.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 January 2025
(verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; “We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba”; “trace the student’s progress”; “trace one’s ancestry”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
