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Noun: cage  keyj
  1. An enclosure made of wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
    - coop
     
  2. Something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
     
  3. The net that is the goal in ice hockey
     
  4. A movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
    - batting cage
     
  5. The passenger compartment of a lift
Verb: cage  keyj
  1. Confine in a cage
    "The animal was caged";
    - cage in
Noun: Cage  keyj
  1. United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)
    - John Cage, John Milton Cage Jr.

Derived forms: caging, caged, cages

Type of: baseball equipment, composer, confine, constraint, detain, enclosure, net, restraint

Encyclopedia: Cage, Luke