Cage
WordNet
noun
(1) A movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
(2) An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
(3) The net that is the goal in ice hockey
(4) United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)
(5) Something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
verb
(6) Confine in a cage
"The animal was caged"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- an enclosure made of bars
- the passenger compartment of a lift
- another name for the goal in water polo and hockey
Verb
- to put into a cage
- To track individual responses to direct mail.