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    Cage

    Definitions

    1 | noun | an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept 2 | noun | something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement 3 | noun | the net that is the goal in ice hockey 4 | noun | a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice 5 | verb | confine in a cage (5 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    k'eyj (IPA: kˈeɪdʒ)

    Hyphenation

    cage (no hyphenation) (4 letters | 1 syllable)

    First known use in English

    1225 (High Middle ages) (800 years ago)

    Word origins

    Old French | Latin

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    cages | caged | caging

    Synonyms

    coop | cage in

    Narrower terms

    birdcage | hutch | squirrel cage | iron cage

    Broader terms

    enclosure | constraint | restraint | net | baseball equipment | confine | detain (total: 7)

    Rhymes

    assuage | backstage | disengage | engage | enrage | gage | gauge | offstage | onstage | page | rage | sage | stage | upstage | wage (total: 15) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    cadge | cafe | cagey | cake | came | cane | cape | care | case | cave | gage | Gage | page | Page | rage | sage | wage (total: 17)

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrases

    batting cage | cage in | rib cage

    Translations

    Mandarin Chinese: | 籠 (noun) Hindi: | पिंजरा (noun) Arabic: | قَفَص (noun) Spanish: | jaula (general) French: | cage (general)

    Other notable uses

    Cage (US population: 5370 people, black: 55% | white: 39%)

    Cage Without a Key

    Cage.com | Cage.net | Cage.org

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Bar site | Batter's box | Batting backstop | Circus sight | Confine | Coop up | Exercise wheel locale | Hamster's home | It may be for the birds | It may be rattled | Lion tamer's workplace | Nicolas of "Con Air" | ... (total: 30) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    7 (International English) | 7 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) ???-2243

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