|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
cage
cage / kāj/ • n. a structure of bars or wires in which birds or other animals are confined: she kept a canary in a cage. ∎ a prison cell or camp. ∎ an open framework forming the compartment in an elevator. ∎ a structure of crossing bars or wires designed to hold or support something. ∎ Baseball a portable backstop behind the batter during batting practice. ∎ (in hockey and other games) a goal made from a network frame. ∎ an indoor athletic facility with areas fenced off for security. • v. [tr.] (usu. be caged) confine in or as in a cage: the parrot screamed, furious at being caged | [as adj.] (caged) a caged bird. ∎ inf. put in prison. |
|
|
Cite this article
"cage." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cage." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cage005.html "cage." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cage005.html |
|
cage
|
|
|
Cite this article
JAMES STEVENS CURL. "cage." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "cage." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-cage.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "cage." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-cage.html |
|
cage
cage XIII. — (O)F. :- L. cavea stall, cage, coop, etc.
|
|
|
Cite this article
T. F. HOAD. "cage." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "cage." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-cage.html T. F. HOAD. "cage." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-cage.html |
|
cage
cage
•age, assuage, backstage, cage, downstage, engage, enrage, gage, gauge, mage, multistage, offstage, onstage, Osage, page, Paige, rage, rampage, sage, stage, swage, under-age, upstage, wage
•greengage • ribcage • birdcage
•teenage • saxifrage • outrage
•space-age
|
|
|
Cite this article
"cage." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cage." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cage.html "cage." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cage.html |
|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries:
HighBeam™ Research, Inc. © Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.
The Encyclopedia.com advertising network includes:
