Kilo Lingo

/keɪdʒ/

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Translation

A box made of bars or wire for keeping birds or animals in.

Word origin

From Old French cage, from Latin cavea, a hollow place or enclosure for animals.

Origin
Latin
Root
cavea
English cognates
jail

Examples

parrot .

A cage keeps a bird or animal inside with bars around it.

.

You open a cage to let the animal out.

cages.

"Cages" is the plural form of "cage".

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This word is part of lesson 49.