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cage-free

cage-free adjective: being or relating to chickens not raised in battery cages, but free to roam within a certain space.

Adjective

cage-free (not comparable)

  1. Being or relating to chickens not raised in battery cages, but free to roam within a certain space.
    • cage-free hens
    • cage-free eggs

Origin of cage-free

From cage + -free.

Questions about cage-free

What does cage-free mean?
Cage-free means being or relating to chickens not raised in battery cages, but free to roam within a certain space.
What part of speech is cage-free?
Cage-free is an adjective.

Words near cage-free in the dictionary

  1. cage homes
  2. cage match
  3. cage matches
  4. cage stage
  5. cage stages
  6. cage-free
  7. cageable
  8. Cagean
  9. cagebelle
  10. cagebelles
  11. cagebird

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