Main Entry:

²pigeonhole

Function:

transitive verb

Date:

1840

1 a: to place in or as if in the pigeonhole of a desk b: to lay aside : shelve <his reports continued to be pigeonholed and his advice not taken — Walter Mills>2: to assign to an often restrictive category : classify

— pi·geon·hol·er \-ˌhō-lər\ noun