- a structure made of metal bars or wire in which animals or birds are kept
- I don’t like seeing animals in cages.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCage is used after these nouns:- bird
- rib
- wire
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin cavea.
Idioms
See cage in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryrattle somebody’s cage
- (informal) to annoy somebody
- Who's rattled his cage?
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