/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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