Word: pigeonholes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pi
geon
holes
Definition: The game of nineholes. An old game where players bowl a ball towards nine holes in the ground or a board, scoring points according to which hole the ball enters.
Morphemes:
Affix: pigeon
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.
Affix: hole
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.