Category:Pigeonhole

Pi"geon*hole`, n.

Defn: 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. Burke.

Pigeonhole Pi"geon*hole`, v. t.

Defn: 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.