cage
/keɪd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.13 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The passenger compartment of a lift.
noun
The goal.
noun
Short for roll cage, a protective structure around the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
noun
The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
Example Sentences
- "We keep a bird in a cage."
- "The tigers are in a cage to protect the public."
- "The most dangerous prisoners are locked away in a cage."
- "For his father had / never a house but the cage."
- "Stone walls do not a prison make, / Nor iron bars a cage."
- "Schwartz examines with dignity and tenderness the battles within and without of […] families, created and biological, and the cages and freedom they can provide."
Etymology
From Middle English cage, from Old French cage, from Latin cavea. Doublet of cadge and cavea and related to jail.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- American usage
- Slang
- Transitive verb