Dictionary

pigeonholes en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɪdʒ(ɪ)nhəʊlz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpɪdʒənˌ(h)oʊlz/ (General-American)

Etymology

From pigeonhole + -s (suffix forming regular plurals of nouns and pluralia tantum; and third-person singular simple present indicative forms of verbs).

Meanings

1. (historical, obsolete, plural, plural-only) An outdoor game played in the 17th and early 18th centuries in which each player bowls a ball towards targets (probably small compartments).
   • [Godfrey] Speed[well]. […] [H]ave you ſuch gold to give? / [Innocent] Lamb[skin]. Yes, yes, has vvon it betting at the bovvling Alleys, / Or at the Pigeon-holes in the Garden Alleyes. c. 1610–1614 (date written), William Rowley; [possibly also Thomas Heywood, George Wilkins], A New Wonder, a Woman never Vext. A Pleasant Conceited Comedy: […], London: […] G[eorge] P[urslowe] for Francis Constable, […], published 1632, →OCLC, Act IV, page 52:
2. (form-of, plural) plural of pigeonhole
   form of pigeonhole

Forms

Coordinates

nineholes

pigeonholes en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɪdʒ(ɪ)nhəʊlz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpɪdʒənˌ(h)oʊlz/ (General-American)

Etymology

From pigeonhole + -s (suffix forming regular plurals of nouns and pluralia tantum; and third-person singular simple present indicative forms of verbs).

Meanings

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of pigeonhole
   form of pigeonhole

Forms