Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cage

5 senses of cage

Sense 1
cage, coop -- (an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept)
       => enclosure -- (a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose)

Sense 2
cage -- (something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement)
       => constraint, restraint -- (the state of being physically constrained; "dogs should be kept under restraint")

Sense 3
Cage, John Cage, John Milton Cage Jr. -- (United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992))
       INSTANCE OF=> composer -- (someone who composes music as a profession)

Sense 4
cage -- (the net that is the goal in ice hockey)
       => net -- (a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey))

Sense 5
batting cage, cage -- (a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice)
       => baseball equipment -- (equipment used in playing baseball)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cage

1 sense of cage

Sense 1
cage, cage in -- (confine in a cage; "The animal was caged")
       => confine, detain -- (deprive of freedom; take into confinement)