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English to English noun
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a specific (often simplistic) category |  | source: wordnet30
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a small compartment |  | source: wordnet30
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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. |  | source: webster1913
verb
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place into a small compartment |  | source: wordnet30
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treat or classify according to a mental stereotype |  | Example: I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European
source: wordnet30
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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. |  | source: webster1913
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