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Meanings of pigeonhole in English

Portuguese
estereotipar
Catalan
encasellar
Spanish
estereotipo

Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype.

        estereotipar

        A small compartment.

              Usage of pigeonhole in English
              1
              I consider the query a convenient way of confining me into pigeonhole.
              The Irish Times
              2
              Perhaps I write about as many as ever, but I pigeonhole them.
              Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 2: 1886-1900
              3
              I began cleaning out my pigeonhole, which was stuffed with end-of-school communiqués.
              11/22/63
              4
              So I needed to turn down those things that could possibly pigeonhole me.
              The Guardian
              5
              She took the letters from the K pigeonhole and found two for him.
              Mavericks
              6
              Part of the reason was that he was hard to pigeonhole.
              The Guardian
              7
              He belongs to no class, evades the label, and fits into no pigeonhole.
              Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 / Little J...
              8
              John saw that he had taken a check-book from its pigeonhole.
              The Prince and Betty
              9
              He said coolly to the official who aroused him, 'Go to pigeonhole No.
              Architects of Fate; Or, Steps to Success and Power
              10
              One would have to work pretty damned hard to pigeonhole filmmaker Ted Kotcheff.
              The Irish Times
              11
              A new form made its appearance from the appropriate pigeonhole.
              Foundation and Empire
              12
              They look for independent, self-driven people, who do not fit into a particular pigeonhole.
              The Guardian
              13
              Audit yourself The market moves fast, so don't pigeonhole yourself.
              The Guardian
              14
              Putting down the bundle in his hand, he carefully investigated every pigeonhole and drawer.
              I Spy
              15
              Besides, I really did not know, unless I opened a pigeonhole in my brain.
              My Second Year of the War
              16
              We have to frame our judgments and pigeonhole acts according to their normal results.
              Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
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              Translations for pigeonhole
              Portuguese
              estereotipar
              Pigeonhole through the time
              Pigeonhole across language varieties
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