cage

cage
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin cavea cavity, cage, from cavus hollow — more at cave Date: 13th century 1. a box or enclosure having some openwork for confining or carrying animals (as birds) 2. a. a barred cell for confining prisoners b. a fenced area for prisoners of war 3. a framework serving as support <
the steel cage of a skyscraper
> 4. a. an enclosure resembling a cage in form or purpose <
a cashier's cage
> b. an arrangement of atoms or molecules so bonded as to enclose a space in which another atom or ion (as of a metal) can reside 5. a. batting cage b. a goal consisting of posts or a frame with a net attached (as in ice hockey) 6. a large building containing an area for practicing outdoor sports and often adapted for indoor events • cageful noun II. transitive verb (caged; caging) Date: 1556 1. to confine or keep in or as if in a cage 2. to drive (as a puck) into a cage and score a goal

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