cage
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
Types & categories
- enclosure hypernym
- birdcage hyponym
- hutch hyponym
- squirrel cage hyponym
Related & opposite
- cage derivation
Sense 2 verb
confine in a cage
The animal was caged
Types & categories
- detain hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
Types & categories
- constraint hypernym
- iron cage hyponym
Related & opposite
- cage derivation
Sense 4 noun
the net that is the goal in ice hockey
Types & categories
- net hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
Types & categories
- baseball equipment hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cage |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | enclosure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | birdcage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hutch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | squirrel cage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cage |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | detain |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cage |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | constraint |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | iron cage |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | net |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | baseball equipment |