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Added 9 October 2026

cage

/keɪd͡ʒ/ noun

In Latin: cavea, arca Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cage at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

An enclosure made of spaced bars, normally to hold animals while providing some ventilation.
We keep a bird in a cage.
The passenger compartment of a lift.
The goal.

verb

To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
To imprison.
The serial killer was caged for life.
To restrict someone's movement or creativity.

Origin

From Middle English cage, from Old French cage, from Latin cavea. Doublet of cadge and cavea and related to jail.

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