pigeonhole

English - Turkish

Definition of pigeonhole in English Turkish dictionary: hasır altı etmek; {f} sınıflandırmak; {f} ertele; düzenlemek; güvercin yuvası; {i} kağıt çekmecesi; {i} yazı masasında kâğıt gözü; {f} hasıraltı etmek; {f} k.dili. bir; {i} çekmece (masa); x sırala/kenara at/sakla; yazı masasının kâğıt gözüne yerleştirmek; yuva/çekmece; {f} k.dili. yazı masasının kâğıt gözüne yerleştirmek; {i} yazı masası çekmecesi; {f} çekmeceye koymak (evrak); çekmece; hasıraltı
pigeonhole principle: güvercin yuvası prensibi

English - English

Definition of pigeonhole in English English dictionary: One of an array of compartments for sorting post, messages etc. at an office, or college (for example)
Fred was disappointed at the lack of post in his pigeonhole.; A hole, or roosting place for pigeons; To categorize; especially to limit or be limited to a particular category, role, etc
Fred was tired of being pigeonholed as a computer geek.; {i} small open compartment for filing papers; a small compartment; A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc; a specific (often simplistic) category treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"; {f} put in a pigeonhole, place in a compartment, file; put aside indefinitely, postpone, delay; classify within a series of ideas; a specific (often simplistic) category; one of a set of small open boxes fixed to a wall. You leave letters, messages etc for particular people in the boxes. to unfairly consider a person, activity etc as belonging to a particular type or group pigeonhole sb/sth as sth; a specific (often simplistic) category treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" place into a small compartment; so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote; 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; treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"; place into a small compartment
pigeonhole principle: A theorem which states that there does not exist an injective function on finite sets whose codomain is smaller than its domain
pigeonholed: past of pigeonhole
pigeonholes: third-person singular of pigeonhole
pigeonholes: plural of pigeonhole
pigeonholing: a system for classifying things into groups
pigeonholing: the classification of disparate entities into categories, not always for the right reason
pigeonholing: present participle of pigeonhole