pigeon holes

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Definition von pigeon holes im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

plural form of pigeon hole

Relevante Übersetzungen

pigeon hole

(noun) A small recess (usu. one of a series) for a domestic pigeon to nest in; transf. a small room, apartment, etc. Formerly also (Criminals' slang) the stocks; an instrument in which the hands of culprits were confined, when being flogged

pigeon hole

(verb) Furnish with or divide into a set of pigeon-holes

pigeon hole

(noun) a.) Any of a series of compartments in a desk or on a wall, open in front, for keeping and sorting papers, letters, etc. b.) fig. Any of a series of categories for the classification of facts, ideas, people, etc. "R. H. Morrieson - I had privately consigned Len Ramsbottom to the pigeon-hole 'lousiest typist ever'."

pigeon hole

Assign to a definite place in the memory, or in an ordered group of ideas; categorize mentally. "National Times - He was labelled schizophrenic, a diagnosis flung around to pigeon-hole misfits

pigeon hole

((noun) Typography) An excessively wide space between words. slang

pigeon hole

(noun) A hole in a wall or door for the passage of pigeons; transf. any of a series of holes for the passage of liquids, escape of gases, etc

pigeon hole

(noun - In pl.) An old outdoor game, probably in which balls were bowled at small arched apertures

pigeon hole

(noun) A seat in the top row of the gallery of a theatre. rare. 1

pigeonholes

third-person singular of pigeonhole

pigeonholes

plural of pigeonhole

Silbentrennung

pi·geon holes

Türkische aussprache

pîcın hōlz

Aussprache

/ˈpəʤən ˈhōlz/ /ˈpɪʤən ˈhoʊlz/