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pigeonhole
[ pij-uhn-hohl ]
noun
- one of a series of small, open compartments, as in a desk, cabinet, or the like, used for filing or sorting papers, letters, etc.
- Also called pi顎僩eon hole顎, Printing. white space created by setting words or lines too far apart.
verb (used with object)
- to assign to a definite place or to definite places in some orderly system:
to pigeonhole new ideas.
Synonyms: ,
- to lay aside for use or reference at some later, indefinite time:
We must pigeonhole this excellent plan until the time is ripe.
Synonyms:
- to put aside for the present, especially with the intention of ignoring or forgetting, often indefinitely:
to pigeonhole an unwanted invitation.
Synonyms: ,
- to place in or as if in a pigeonhole or pigeonholes:
to pigeonhole papers.
- to fit or provide with pigeonholes:
The desk must be pigeonholed for all my papers.
pigeonhole
/ 藞辫瑟诲萧瑟苍藢丑蓹蕣濒 /
noun
- a small compartment for papers, letters, etc, as in a bureau
- a hole or recess in a dovecote for pigeons to nest in
- informal.a category or classification
verb
- to put aside or defer
- to classify or categorize, esp in a rigid manner
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pigeonhole1
Example Sentences
So think outside the box, don鈥檛 be complacent or feel pigeonholed that you have to write in a bunch of magic tricks.
If that seems like a change from the feminist speculative fiction of her breakthrough, 鈥淭he Handmaid鈥檚 Tale,鈥 Atwood has refused to be pigeonholed.
It鈥檚 the ideal part for Hamlin, who says that, from the beginning of his career, he fought against being pigeonholed as a leading man to seek smaller, more challenging roles as a consummate character actor.
But wary of being pigeonholed, she longed for an opportunity to transform and explore the complex inner lives of everyday women, as she did in 鈥淒olores Claiborne.鈥
The Hoover article was what we in the news biz often pigeonhole as 鈥渋nteresting, if true.鈥
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