cage
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cage/keɪʤ/
▶noun
- 1 a structure of bars or wires in which birds or other animals are confined.
- 2 a structure of crossing bars or wires designed to hold or support something.
■ an open framework forming the compartment in a lift.
■ Baseball a portable mesh backstop used for batting practice.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. cavea.
'cage' also found in these Oxford entries:
avadavat
- birdcage
- break
- cadge
- cage bird
- canary
- canary grass
- coop
- cuttlebone
- decoy
- Faraday cage
- fullerene
- gabion
- gilded cage
- hutch
- jail
- Java sparrow
- lutino
- mannikin
- mealworm
- mew
- roll cage
- safety cage
- skip
- squirrel cage
- stall
- tippler
- uncaged
