pigeonholes
Slots for mail
Pigeonholes are small compartments for sorting mail or papers, named for the nesting boxes in a dovecote.
The verb means to classify or categorize, often dismissively or reductively: Critics pigeonholed her as a romance writer.
To pigeonhole something can also mean to set it aside for later, effectively shelving it: The proposal was pigeonholed indefinitely.
Enclosed subdivisions within something
- cubbyholesSmall enclosed storage spaces
- slotsNarrow elongated openings
- nichesRecessed hollows or specialties
- mailboxesReceptacles for delivered correspondence
sorting · shelves · alcoves · cells · lockers · partitions · boxes · bins
Identifying attachment or marker
- typecastRepeatedly assigned similar roles
- categorizeAssign to distinct groups
- oversimplifyRemove essential complexity
- generalizeMake broadly applicable
profile · box in · prejudge · reduce · dismiss · narrow · limit · confine
Method of ordering
- organizePut into systematic order
- fileStored collection of data
- categorizeAssign to distinct groups
- compartmentalizeSeparate into distinct categories
systematize · arrange · group · slot · assign · place · segregate · divide
compartments
Enclosed subdivisions within something
- cubbyholesSmall enclosed storage spaces
- slotsNarrow elongated openings
- nichesRecessed hollows or specialties
mailboxes · sorting · shelves · alcoves · cells · lockers · partitions · boxes · bins · recesses
label
Identifying attachment or marker
- typecastRepeatedly assigned similar roles
- categorizeAssign to distinct groups
- oversimplifyRemove essential complexity
generalize · profile · box in · prejudge · reduce · dismiss · narrow · limit · confine · restrict
sort
Method of ordering
- organizePut into systematic order
- fileStored collection of data
- categorizeAssign to distinct groups
compartmentalize · systematize · arrange · group · slot · assign · place · segregate · divide · separate
- compartmentscompartments, cubbies, cubbyholes, niches, nooks
- mail processingsorting machines, stamping, sorting, mail bags, mailbags
- postal historystamps, postmarks, postmaster, postage, postmark
- sorting officesmail sorters, letter trays, sorting machines, mail bags, mail slots
- office suppliespens, pencils, paper clip, staplers, paperclip
- groupingsgroups, categories, classes, divisions, clusters