cage

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cage[1,noun] cage[2,transitive verb] Cage batting cage rib cage roll cage squirrel cage

Main Entry: ¹cage
Pronunciation: 'kAj
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin cavea cavity, cage, from cavus hollow -- more at CAVE
1 : a box or enclosure having some openwork for confining or carrying animals (as birds)
2 a : a barred cell for confining prisoners b : a fenced area for prisoners of war
3 : a framework serving as support <the steel cage of a skyscraper>
4 a : an enclosure resembling a cage in form or purpose <a cashier's cage> b : an arrangement of atoms or molecules so bonded as to enclose a space in which another atom or ion (as of a metal) can reside
5 a : BATTING CAGE b : a goal consisting of posts or a frame with a net attached (as in ice hockey)
6 : a large building containing an area for practicing outdoor sports and often adapted for indoor events
- cage·ful /-"ful/ noun