cage
noun
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
cagelike
-
a word derived from
cage.
Example Sentences
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At the high end, Design Within Reach offers a solar-powered teak light called the Ambient Ray Lantern that sends a glow through its cagelike structure and is $2,215.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
The first class includes repeating cagelike structures made from hydrogen atoms, with each cage enclosing an electron-rich metal atom, such as lanthanum or yttrium.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 26, 2021
A cagelike structure of solidified water traps methane within it.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 1, 2017
There also are ovals, tubes, spirals and two variations on the cagelike sphere known as a Buckyball: Shanti Norris juxtaposes solid and empty, and Olivia Morrow wreathes band-saw blades in a tense equilibrium.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2017
Presently he saw the landing grid near the biggest city—that half-mile-high, cagelike wall of intricately braced steel girders.
From The Hate Disease by Murray Leinster
