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— English words —

• pigeonhole n. One of an array of compartments for housing pigeons.
• pigeonhole n. (By extension) One of an array of compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.
• pigeonhole n. One of an array of compartments for storing scrolls at a library.
• pigeonhole n. A similar compartment in a desk, used for sorting and storing papers.
• pigeonhole n. (Figurative) A category.
• pigeonhole v. To categorize; especially to limit or be limited to a particular category, role, etc.
• pigeonhole v. To put aside, to not act on (proposals, suggestions, advice).
• pigeon-hole n. Alternative spelling of pigeonhole.
• pigeon-hole v. Alternative spelling of pigeonhole.
• pigeon␣hole n. Alternative spelling of pigeonhole.

— English words, defined in French —

• pigeonhole n. Casier.
• pigeonhole v. Étiqueter, cataloguer.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• pigeonhole s. Casa de pombo.
• pigeonhole s. Escaninho.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• pigeon␣hole loc. Scomparto.

46 English words from 10 English definitions

act act␣on advice Alternative and array aside By␣extension categorize category college compartment compartments desk especially etc extension Figurative for housing library limit limited mail messages not of␣an office One other papers particular pigeonhole pigeons proposals put put␣aside receiving role scrolls similar sorting spelling storing suggestions used

2 English words from 5 foreign definitions

Casa cataloguer

4 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

Casier Escaninho Étiqueter pombo

10 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

pigeonholed pigeon-holed pigeonholer pigeonholes pigeon-holes pigeon␣holes pigeonholers pigeonholeable pigeonhole␣principle pigeonhole␣principles

2 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unpigeonholed unpigeonholeable

24 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eon EON geo GEO geo- Geo. geon HoL hol- hole Hole Ige IgE ole OLE olé -ole 'Ole pig pIg Pig PIG pigeon Pigeon

10 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

elo Elo gip GIP Loh LOH Noe NOE ohn oh␣no

7 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

phenologies pigeonholed pigeon-holed pigeonholer pigeonholes pigeon-holes pigeon␣holes

3 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

oenophile œnophile Philogene

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