"pigeon-hole" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pigeon-holes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "word": "pigeonhole"
        }
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of pigeonhole"
      ],
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          "pigeonhole",
          "pigeonhole#English"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "pigeon-hole"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pigeon-holes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pigeon-holing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pigeon-holed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pigeon-holed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "expansion": "pigeon-hole (third-person singular simple present pigeon-holes, present participle pigeon-holing, simple past and past participle pigeon-holed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "pigeonhole"
        }
      ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1961 February, “Talking of Trains: The White Paper”, in Trains Illustrated, page 65",
          "text": "The Select Committee's recommendation that those which the railways are required to provide on grounds of national interest or social needs should be subsidised by the state has obviously been pigeon-holed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative spelling of pigeonhole"
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pigeon-hole"
}

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    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verbs"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pigeon-holes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "pigeon-hole (plural pigeon-holes)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "pigeonhole"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of pigeonhole"
      ],
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        [
          "pigeonhole",
          "pigeonhole#English"
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      ],
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  ],
  "word": "pigeon-hole"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English nouns",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pigeon-holes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pigeon-holing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pigeon-holed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pigeon-holed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "pigeonhole"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1961 February, “Talking of Trains: The White Paper”, in Trains Illustrated, page 65",
          "text": "The Select Committee's recommendation that those which the railways are required to provide on grounds of national interest or social needs should be subsidised by the state has obviously been pigeon-holed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative spelling of pigeonhole"
      ],
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          "pigeonhole",
          "pigeonhole#English"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "pigeon-hole"
}