This week’s theme
Bird words

This week’s words
dovecote
puttock
raven messenger
pigeonhole
war hawk

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PRONUNCIATION:

(PIJ-uhn-hohl)

MEANING:

noun:	1. A hole or recess for a pigeon to nest or rest.
	2. One of a series of small compartments for filing papers, etc.
	3. A stereotypical category, not reflecting the complexities.
verb tr.:	1. To place in, or as if in, a pigeonhole.
	2. To lay aside for future consideration.
	3. To stereotype, to put into a preconceived, rigid category.

ETYMOLOGY:

From pigeon, from Old French pijon (a young bird), from Latin pipio, from pipere/pipare (to chirp) + Old English hol. Earliest documented use: 1577.

USAGE:

“She hardly knew Rory, so pigeonholing him into one of her ten male types would be wrong. But the tattoos, earrings, and leather suggested a guy who was carrying around lots of pain and anger.”
Hope Ramsay; The Bride Next Door; Grand Central Publishing; 2018.

See more usage examples of pigeonhole in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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