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cage home

cage home noun: a subdivision of an apartment/tenement/flat's rooms into separate living spaces of stacked cages, big enough to fit a bed and hold one's belongings.

Noun

cage home (plural cage homes)

  1. (Hong-Kong) A subdivision of an apartment/tenement/flat's rooms into separate living spaces of stacked cages, big enough to fit a bed and hold one's belongings.

Forms of cage home

pluralcage homes

Origin of cage home

From cage + home. From Cantonese 籠屋 /笼屋 (lung⁴ uk¹), from being a home set in a cage.

Questions about cage home

What does cage home mean?
Cage home means a subdivision of an apartment/tenement/flat's rooms into separate living spaces of stacked cages, big enough to fit a bed and hold one's belongings.
What part of speech is cage home?
Cage home is a noun.
What is the plural of cage home?
The plural of cage home is cage homes.

Words near cage home in the dictionary

  1. cage fighting
  2. cage fights
  3. cage gear
  4. cage gears
  5. Cage Green
  6. cage home
  7. cage homes
  8. cage match
  9. cage matches
  10. cage stage
  11. cage stages

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