pigeonhole

pigeonhole is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 19 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. transitive verb. 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.
3. noun. a small compartment

   Synonyms: cubbyhole

4. noun. a specific (often simplistic) category
5. verb. treat or classify according to a mental stereotype

   "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"

   Synonyms: stamp, stereotype

6. verb. place into a small compartment

Synonyms

cubbyhole, stamp, stereotype

Common word forms

pigeonholed, pigeonholer, pigeonholes, pigeonholing

Words from these letters

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