Synonyms of cages

cages 1 of 2

noun

plural of cage

as in coops

an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals

the dogs and cats at the animal shelter looked so sad in their cages

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coops
• corrals
• pounds
• kennels
• pens
• hutches
• aquariums
• fences
• stockades
• runs
• kraals
• folds
• henhouses
• cotes
• pigpens
• dovecotes
• sheepfolds
• terraria
• live-boxes

cages

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of cage

as in houses

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers

caged the rabbit at night so she wouldn't wake everyone up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• houses
• confines
• pens
• surrounds
• encloses
• closets
• encases
• includes
• hedges
• boxes (in)
• walls (in)
• corrals
• fences (in)
• encages
• hems (in)
• envelops
• mews (up)
• coops (up)
• rings
• immures
• bounds
• limits
• contains
• restricts
• encompasses
• frames
• encircles
• circumscribes
• cocoons
• enframes
• encysts
• enfolds
• encapsules
• encapsulates
• armors
• ensheathes
• enwombs
• enlaces
• enspheres

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cages

Noun

Use bulb cages or buried layers of hardware cloth to repel rodents, and try adding tree guards and fencing to fend off larger animals. — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 28 Oct. 2026

In 2018, reporters visited the Ursula detention center in South Texas, an old warehouse housing hundreds of children in a series of cages bound by metal fencing. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Detectives located Ponce-Maqueda in an RV near rooster cages. — Larry Seward, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

The gambling animals are out of the zoo, and putting the meerkats, lions and back in their cages is not going to happen. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026

And since keeping the robots in safety cages severely limited their usefulness, enabling Digit 5 to operate safely around people became a primary design goal. — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Oct. 2026

The kitchen was open to the living/dining area, and a room with storage cages was down the hall. — Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

The objects’ sculptural cages add another layer to the work, connecting them to ideas of protection and exclusion. — Jade Wilson, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Experts told the Herald that the use of such cages as punishment could violate international laws against torture and degrading treatment. — Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026

Verb

As for the camper module exterior, Winnebago cages out the alcove face and lower front sides with thick tubular branch guards, wires in a set of floating front auxiliary lights, adds a swing-away full-size spare carrier in back, and secures on under-body aluminum storage lockers. — C.c. Weiss may 17, New Atlas, 17 May 2026