pigeonhole

n.

1. A small compartment or recess, as in a desk, for holding papers; a cubbyhole.
2. A specific, often oversimplified category.
3. The small hole or holes in a pigeon loft for nesting.

tr.v., -holed, -hol·ing, -holes.

1. To place or file in a small compartment or recess.
2. To classify mentally; categorize.
3. To put aside and ignore; shelve.

verb

1. To distribute into groups according to kinds: assort, categorize, class, classify, group, separate, sort (out). See collect/distribute.
2. To assign to a class or classes: categorize, class, classify, distribute, grade, group, place, range, rank¹, rate¹. See group, value/worthlessness/evaluation.

1. One of a series of small compartments.
2. A seat in the top row of a gallery or in the uppermost gallery in a theater.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hul i dueslag
v. tr. - sortere, rubricere, henlægge

Français (French)
n. - case, casier, (fig) catégorie
v. tr. - étiqueter, cataloguer, classer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fach, Taubenflugloch
v. - einordnen, ad acta legen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γραμματοθυρίδα, περιστερώνας
v. - βάζω στο αρχείο, αρχειοθετώ, βάζω στο χρονοντούλαπο, κατατάσσω βάσει προκαταλήψεων

Italiano (Italian)
casella, feritoia, incasellare, archiviare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pombal (m), escaninho (m)
v. - colocar algo no escaninho, arquivar

Русский (Russian)
ящик стола, положить в долгий ящик

Español (Spanish)
n. - casilla, casillero
v. tr. - clasificar, encasillar, archivar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fack, biljettlucka, öppning till duvslag
v. - sortera i fack, lägga åt sidan, ordna in, kategorisera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
鸽舍出入口, 小房间, 文件架上的小间隔, 把...搁在分类架上, 把...留在记忆中, 缓办, 把...隔成小格

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鴿舍出入口, 小房間, 文件架上的小間隔
v. tr. - 把...擱在分類架上, 把...留在記憶中, 緩辦, 把...隔成小格

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 비둘기 드나드는 구멍, 서류 분류용 장
v. tr. - 정리용 장에 넣다, 뒤로 미루다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 鳩小屋の出入り穴, 巣箱の分室, ピジョンホール, 小仕切り, きわめて狭い部屋
v. - 分類整理する, 保存して置く, 記憶にとどめる, あとまわしにする, 整理棚を設ける

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תא קטן בתוך מערכת תאים למכתבים וכדומה, תא-מסמכים‬
v. tr. - ‮התעלם, שם בתא, דחף למגירה, דחה, שכח, זכר, מיין‬

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