Pigeonhole is an English word with synonyms like category or sort. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Pigeonhole meaning
- One of an array of open compartments for housing pigeons in a dovecote or pigeon loft.
- A hole or opening in a door or wall for a pigeon to pass through.
- One of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting or storing letters, papers, or other items.
Synonyms of Pigeonhole
Pigeonhole vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Pigeonhole
- The main meaning on this page is: One of an array of open compartments for housing pigeons in a dovecote or pigeon loft. | A hole or opening in a door or wall for a pigeon to pass through. | One of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting or storing letters, papers, or other items.
- Useful related words include: category, sort, class, classify.
- Possible Dutch translations are: vak.
- In the example corpus, pigeonhole often appears in combinations such as: to pigeonhole, pigeonhole principle, the pigeonhole.
Context around Pigeonhole
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pigeonhole
- In this selection, "pigeonhole" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, principle, per and kate stand out and add context to how "pigeonhole" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include agreements can pigeonhole employees and and courses all pigeonhole such a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pigeonhole" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pigeonhole
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Aouizerate doesn’t like to pigeonhole. (6 words)
A society that pigeonhole women into stereotyped roles,” he said. (10 words)
I love that he doesn't pigeonhole himself to one thing. (11 words)
The Mayor called on the Government to take immediate action for neighbouring communities, expressing concern for the future of Pigeonhole, Yarralin and Timber Creek - communities that are extremely prone to flooding in the wet season. (35 words)
Using the pigeonhole principle, to have at least one pair of the same color holes, one per color) using one pigeonhole per color, you need only three socks items). (29 words)
Harris, in particular, has demonstrated an ability to appeal to liberal voting blocs, both in San Francisco and statewide, without alienating moderate allies or inviting critics to pigeonhole her. (29 words)
Why did conventional wisdom, mainstream media, even college-level psychology courses, all pigeonhole such a significant portion of the population as irredeemable villains? (23 words)
Example sentences (20)
Using the pigeonhole principle, to have at least one pair of the same color holes, one per color) using one pigeonhole per color, you need only three socks items).
For those who want to pigeonhole Kate Hoey's politics, this interview may well prove frustrating.
I mean, yes, that would be good, but you don’t want to pigeonhole,” she maintains.
The Mayor called on the Government to take immediate action for neighbouring communities, expressing concern for the future of Pigeonhole, Yarralin and Timber Creek - communities that are extremely prone to flooding in the wet season.
Truth be told, it can be confusing to try to pigeonhole regional theater productions by “season,” since the timing of such will vary by venue.
What I will never do is pigeonhole a player and say that's his level.
Overall, I find that non-compete agreements can pigeonhole employees and potentially make it difficult for individuals to progress on their career paths.
Why did conventional wisdom, mainstream media, even college-level psychology courses, all pigeonhole such a significant portion of the population as irredeemable villains?
A society that pigeonhole women into stereotyped roles,” he said.
But it’d be a mistake to pigeonhole them as supporting players—their soulful voices have always commanded attention rather than blending into the background.
Harris, in particular, has demonstrated an ability to appeal to liberal voting blocs, both in San Francisco and statewide, without alienating moderate allies or inviting critics to pigeonhole her.
Moss sinks her teeth into the character’s unlikable qualities and manipulative tactics, ensuring this is not a simplistically sanitized image but rather one that’s difficult to pigeonhole.
The term “soul food” has become somewhat loaded, used by some to pigeonhole African American cooking, or to imply grease and the deep fryer.
He occupies a unique place in contemporary music: impossible to pigeonhole, but not unusual.
The closer album, “Combat,” sounds closer to what you’d imagine a collaboration with Danny Brown-Q-Tp if you were bold enough to pigeonhole these two implacable innovators.
Aouizerate doesn’t like to pigeonhole.
I love that he doesn't pigeonhole himself to one thing.
Rwanda, on the other hand, represented the nuances in national governance that were hard to pigeonhole.
Alternate formulations The following are alternate formulations of the pigeonhole principle.
Another way to phrase the pigeonhole principle for finite sets is similar to the principle that finite sets are Dedekind finite : Let A and B be finite sets.
Common combinations with pigeonhole
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to pigeonhole 12×
- pigeonhole principle 8×
- the pigeonhole 7×