Pigeonhole

['pɪdʒɪnhəʊl] or ['pɪdʒɪnhol]

Definition

(noun.) a specific (often simplistic) category.

(verb.) treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; 'I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European'.

(verb.) place into a small compartment.

Checked by Elaine--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote.

(v. t.) To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely; as, to pigeonhole a letter or a report.

Typist: Wolfgang