The media had attempted to pigeonhole the indie rock band as a mere novelty.
Source: tatoeba (8310264)
Pigeonhole
/ˈpɪdʒ(ɪ)nhəʊl/
Synonyms for "pigeonhole" (226 found)
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Closest matches (46)
Noun(10 words)
binbucketizecategorizecategoryclassificationclassifycombinatorial principlecompartmentcubbyholecubbyholes
Strong matches (67)
Related words (113)
levellistlobbylobby throughlogrolllooploopholemanholemouseholenamenicheordainorderpasspeepholepigeonholespinchpinholeplaceplacket
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placket holeplayhousepocketportholepositionpostpostponepredicamentprogramprolongprorogateprorogueprotractpunch-holepush asideput asideput awayput in forceput in mothballsput offput on iceput throughracerailroadrailroad throughrangerankrateratingrecessregisterreserveroll logsrubricschedulescoresectionseptsetset asideset byshelveshift offsidelinesleep onslotsortspiraclestand overstationstatusstave offstaystorestowstrainstratumstretch outsubdividesubdivisionsubgroupsubordersuspendtabletable the motiontabulatetake a recesstake the floortallytaptiertight spottight squeezetitletypeventventholevetowaiveyield the floor
Noun(10 words)
Verb(3 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
25 entriesassortcategorizecategoryclassclassificationclassifycombinatorics conceptcompartmentcontainerlabelinglaymathematical principleorganizeplacepose
Showing 16 of 25 words.
More specific
14 entriesbin datadisciplinary pigeonholediscretize datafile binfile papersgeneralized pigeonhole principlemail slotmarginalizeminimizerole pigeonholeslot documentsstereotypestrong pigeonhole principletypecast
Collocations
11 entriesdesk pigeonholedesk pigeonholesdirichlet principlegeneralized pigeonhole principlepigeonhole datapigeonhole fallacypigeonhole into categoriespigeonhole principlepigeonhole someonepigeonhole sortpigeonhole system
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 12 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 分類架 /分类架 noun (one of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting and/or storing letters, papers, or other items; one of an array of open compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.)
- 文件架 noun (one of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting and/or storing letters, papers, or other items; one of an array of open compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.)
Czech
1 entries- [poštovní] přihrádka noun (one of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting and/or storing letters, papers, or other items; one of an array of open compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.)
Dutch
1 entries- vak noun (one of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting and/or storing letters, papers, or other items; one of an array of open compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.)
Finnish
3 entries- kulkuaukko noun (small opening for looking or passing things through; opening in a ship for passing equipment through)
- lokero noun (one of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting and/or storing letters, papers, or other items; one of an array of open compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.)
- pujotusaukko noun (small opening for looking or passing things through; opening in a ship for passing equipment through)
German
1 entries- Fach noun (one of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting and/or storing letters, papers, or other items; one of an array of open compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.)
Greek
2 entries- γραμματοθυρίδα noun (one of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting and/or storing letters, papers, or other items; one of an array of open compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.)
- θυρίδα noun (one of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting and/or storing letters, papers, or other items; one of an array of open compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.)
Italian
1 entries- casellario noun (one of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting and/or storing letters, papers, or other items; one of an array of open compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.)
Macedonian
3 entries- преграда noun (one of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting and/or storing letters, papers, or other items; one of an array of open compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.)
- фах noun (one of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting and/or storing letters, papers, or other items; one of an array of open compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.)
- чекмеџе noun (one of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting and/or storing letters, papers, or other items; one of an array of open compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.)
Portuguese
1 entries- escaninho noun (one of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting and/or storing letters, papers, or other items; one of an array of open compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.)
Russian
1 entries- отделе́ние для бума́г noun (one of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting and/or storing letters, papers, or other items; one of an array of open compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.)
Spanish
2 entries- casilla noun (one of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting and/or storing letters, papers, or other items; one of an array of open compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.)
- casillero noun (one of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting and/or storing letters, papers, or other items; one of an array of open compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.)
Swedish
1 entries- fack noun (one of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting and/or storing letters, papers, or other items; one of an array of open compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
Don't pigeonhole me! I can do more than one thing.
Source: tatoeba (11024679)
The loft was lighted by a semicircular hole, though which the pigeons crept to their lodgings in the same high quarters of the premises; […] 'Dear Clym, I wonder how your face looks now?' she said, gazing abstractedly at the pigeon-hole, which admitted the sunlight so directly upon her brown hair and transparent tissues that it almost seemed to shine through her.
Source: wiktionary
Abbé [Emmanuel Joseph] Sieyès has vvhole neſts of pigeon-holes full of conſtitutions ready made, ticketed, ſorted, and numbered; ſuited to every ſeaſon and every fancy; […]
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 26 available sentences.