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say it: kayj
cage is a noun and verb meaning "an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept". It is pronounced /ˈkeɪdʒ/ — kayj. It carries 6 recorded senses.
an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)
the net that is the goal in ice hockey
a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cage come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.