cage

Meaning

Noun

1. An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
2. The passenger compartment of a lift.
3. The goal.
4. (US, derogatory, slang) An automobile.
5. (figuratively) Something that hinders freedom.
6. (slang) A prison or prison cell.
7. The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
8. An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
9. A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.
10. A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
11. The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
12. The protective wire mask at the front of a helmet.
13. A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.
14. In killer sudoku puzzles, an irregularly-shaped group of cells that must contain a set of unique digits adding up to a certain total, in addition to the usual constraints of sudoku.

Verb

1. (transitive) To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
2. (slang, transitive) To imprison.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To restrict someone's movement or creativity.
4. To immobilize an artificial horizon.
5. To track individual responses to direct mail, either (advertising) to maintain and develop mailing lists or (politics) to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.

Synonyms

coop

pen

🖊️

jail

limbo

bastille

pogy

pogey

pogie

bastile

bagnio

prison

cabin

basket

🧺

confine

imprison

coop up

gaol

retainer

cage in

nest

batting cage

cover

box

📦

arrest

cashiering department

case

stable

enclosure

pound

💷

crate

cap

corral

corf

caddy

immure

hood

collection

braking

bars

coffer

henhouse

hamper

chest

grating

holder

hole

🕳️

grate

hutch

catch

gateway

Translations

cage

jaula

Käfig

gabbia

kooi

gaiola

jaula

gàbia

κλουβί

قفص

kafes

Bauer

🧑‍🌾

cabine

engabiar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/keɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From Middle English cage, from Old French cage, from Latin cavea. Doublet of cadge and cavea and related to jail.