pigeonholenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpɪdʒ.ən.həʊl/us/ˈpɪdʒ.ən.hoʊl/one of a set of small boxes, open at the front, in which letters and messages are left for different people:
Leave the report in my pigeonhole when you've read it.
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Communications - the postal system
- certified mail
- consign
- direct mail
- express
- mail slot
- mailbag
- mass mailing
- p. and p.
- parcel post
- pillar box
- pin code
- PO
- postmaster
- shipping and handling
- snail mail
- stamped addressed envelope
- surface mail
- window
- zip code
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Idiom(s)
put sth/sb in a pigeonhole
pigeonholeverb [ T ]
uk/ˈpɪdʒ.ən.həʊl/us/ˈpɪdʒ.ən.hoʊl/usually disapproving to have an often unfair idea of what type someone or something is:
He is a film producer who can't be conveniently pigeonholed.
to put something away or leave it until a later time:
Consultants found the experience frustrating - their reports were only partly implemented, or, worse still, just pigeonholed.
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Classifying and creating order
- alphabetize
- arrange
- arrangement
- catalogue
- categorize
- format
- kingdom
- precedence
- prioritize
- put sth/sb in a pigeonhole idiom
- range
- reconstruct
- rejig
- stream
- tick sth off
- topology
- track
- tracking
- triage
- umbrella
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Delaying and wasting time