Word Meaning

cage definition and meaning

n. A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.
n. A place of confinement for malefactors
n. An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase.
n. A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve.
n. A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
n. The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.
n. The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
n. The catcher's wire mask.
v. i. To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine.

Crossword clues for cage

- A structure in which animals are confined
- Actor, Nicolas ...
- Aviary
- Bird enclosure
- Bird house
- Enclosure for birds
- Enclosure with bars
- Hundred grow old in wire enclosure
- John who needs a prepared piano in the aviary
- Nicolas found at the zoo
- Part of a pound
- Place of confinement
- Pound division
- Prison
- Wire enclosure
- Wired enclosure