Definition of cage
(Entry 1 of 3)
1 : a box or enclosure having some openwork for confining or carrying animals (such as birds)
2a : 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
4a : 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
5a : 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
verbcaged; caging
Definition of cage (Entry 2 of 3)
1 : to confine or keep in or as if in a cage
2 : to drive (a puck, a shot, etc.) into a cage and score a goal
Cage
biographical nameDefinition of Cage (Entry 3 of 3)
John Milton 1912–1992 American composer
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The first known use of cage was in the 13th century
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