cage: Meaning and Definition of

cage

1. a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
2. anything that confines or imprisons; prison.
3. something resembling a cage in structure, as for a cashier or bank teller.
4. the car or enclosed platform of an elevator.
5. an enclosed platform for raising and lowering people and cars in a mine shaft.
6. any skeleton framework.
7. a movable backstop for use mainly in batting practice.
8. a frame with a net attached to it, forming the goal in ice hockey and field hockey.
9. the basket.
10. a loose, sheer or lacy overdress worn with a slip or a close-fitting dress.
11. a steel framework for supporting guns.
12. retainer (def. 3).

1. to put or confine in or as if in a cage.
2. to shoot (as a puck) into a cage so as to score a goal.

Cage

1. born 1912, U.S. composer.