cage : Idioms & Phrases

Index

batting cage

  • noun a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
    cage.
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Bell cage, or Bell carriage

  • (Arch.), a timber frame constructed to carry one or more large bells.
Webster 1913

bird cage

Bird" cage", Bird"cage` noun (Also<
  • Bird cage
  • Birdcage
)
Definitions
  1. A cage for confining birds.
Webster 1913

cage in

  • verb confine in a cage
    cage.
    • The animal was caged
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iron cage

  • noun a cage from which there is no escape
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john cage

  • noun United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)
    John Cage; Cage.
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john milton cage jr.

  • noun United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)
    John Cage; Cage.
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rib cage

  • noun the bony enclosing wall of the chest
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Safety cage

  • (Mach.), a cage for an elevator or mine lift, having appliances to prevent it from dropping if the lifting rope should break.
Webster 1913

squirrel cage

  • noun cage with a cylindrical framework that rotates as a small animal runs inside it
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Weighing cage

  • a cage in which small living animals may be conveniently weighed.
Webster 1913