Phrase Hound found 80 phrases and 45 compound words that contain cage. The most common are listed below. Open cage in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 80
- rib cageA part of the skeleton within the thoracic area consisting of ribs, sternum and thoracic vertebrae.
- roll cageA frame built in or around the driver and passenger compartment of a vehicle to protect its occupants from being injured in an accident, particularly if the vehicle rolls over.
- gilded cageA place (or, by extension, situation) which is superficially attractive but nevertheless constraining; a comfortable but confined situation.
- battery cageA small cage in which a hen is kept to lay eggs.
- Faraday cageAny conductive surrounding, idealized or practical, used to interrupt the transmission of electromagnetic energy or electrostatic discharge across it.
- cage fighterA person who fights inside a cage.
- cope cageAn improvised kit of slat armor, consisting of a cage-like defensive structure placed upon an armoured vehicle as protection against explosive devices or loitering munitions.
- Cage GreenA suburb of Tonbridge, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5947).
- cage-freeBeing or relating to chickens not raised in battery cages, but free to roam within a certain space.
- squirrel cageA circular cage for a squirrel or other small animal, which rotates vertically as the animal runs at the bottom.
- bone-cageAny rigid bony enclosure that protects or houses soft tissues, as the ribcage.
- cage divingAn activity where people in metallic cages are immersed underwater to undergo an experience with sharks
- fish cageA submerged cage for holding live fish until needed.
- baby cageA wire enclosure, often a bed, that is suspended from the window of an apartment building in order to provide the baby with access to fresh air and sunshine.
- bear cageThe dangerous region of heavy precipitation and poor visibility surrounding a rotating wall cloud or a tornado.
- bird-cageAlternative spelling of birdcage: A cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in.
- bottle cageA device used to hold a water bottle so it can be attached to a bicycle.
- cage ballSynonym of earth ball (“large inflatable ball for sports”).
- cage compoundany polycyclic compound having the form of a cage
- cage cupAn Ancient Roman glass vessel, found from roughly the 4th century, consisting of an inner beaker and an outer cage or shell of decoration that stands out from the body of the cup, to which it is attached by short stems or shanks.
- cage danceA type of erotic dance performed inside a cage.
- cage effectA phenomenon where molecules in solvent act more like encapsulated particles than individual particles.
- cage fightAn individual fight in the sport of cage fighting.
- cage fightingThe practise of participating in hand-to-hand combat inside of a usually steel cage.
- cage gearA gear with cylindrical teeth parallel to the axis of rotation.
Compound words 45
- birdcageA cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in.
- cagefulThat which can fit into a cage.
- encageTo lock inside a cage; to imprison.
- cageableAble to be confined in a cage.
- cagelessWithout a cage.
- cagewashEquipment in a laboratory for washing the cages of laboratory animals.
- supercageA large cavity found in certain zeolites, in which various reactions may occur.
- cagebelleA female basketball player; a female who plays basketball.
- cageworkA cage or cage-like structure.
- discageTo free from, or as from, a cage.