| cage | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. cage, coop | an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept. |
| ~ birdcage | a cage in which a bird can be kept. |
| ~ enclosure | a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose. |
| ~ hutch | a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals. |
| ~ squirrel cage | cage with a cylindrical framework that rotates as a small animal runs inside it. |
| n. (state) | 2. cage | something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement. |
| ~ constraint, restraint | the state of being physically constrained.; "dogs should be kept under restraint" |
| ~ iron cage | a cage from which there is no escape. |
| n. (person) | 3. cage, john cage, john milton cage jr. | United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992). |
| ~ composer | someone who composes music as a profession. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. cage | the net that is the goal in ice hockey. |
| ~ net | a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey). |
| n. (artifact) | 5. batting cage, cage | a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice. |
| ~ baseball equipment | equipment used in playing baseball. |
| v. (social) | 6. cage, cage in | confine in a cage.; "The animal was caged" |
| ~ detain, confine | deprive of freedom; take into confinement. |
| hutch | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. hutch | a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals. |
| ~ cage, coop | an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept. |
| ~ rabbit hutch | a hutch for rabbits. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty | small crude shelter used as a dwelling. |
| ~ igloo, iglu | an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome. |
| ~ mudhif | a reed hut in the marshlands of Iraq; rare since the marshes were drained. |
| ~ shelter | a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger. |
| kennel | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. dog house, doghouse, kennel | outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog. |
| ~ outbuilding | a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building. |
| ~ shelter | protective covering that provides protection from the weather. |
| v. (social) | 2. kennel | put up in a kennel.; "kennel a dog" |
| ~ shelter | provide shelter for.; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people" |
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