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Definition of pigeonhole verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

pigeonhole

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈpɪdʒənˌhoʊl//
 
pigeonhole somebody (as something) (disapproving)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they pigeonhole
 
 he / she / it pigeonholes
 
 past simple pigeonholed
 
 -ing form pigeonholing
 
 
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to decide that someone belongs to a particular group or type without thinking deeply enough about it and considering what other qualities they might have synonym categorize, label He has been pigeonholed as a children's writer.
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