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1. A specific (often simplistic) category
    
2. A small compartment
   - cubbyhole

1. Place into a small compartment
    
2. Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
   "I was pigeonholed as a lazy Southern European"
   - stereotype, stamp

Derived forms: pigeonholing, pigeonholes, pigeonholed

See also: pigeonholing

Type of: assort, category, class, classify, compartment, lay, place, pose, position, put, separate, set, sort, sort out

Encyclopedia: Pigeonhole