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cagelike

cagelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a cage.

Adjective

cagelike (comparative more cagelike, superlative most cagelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a cage.
    • This version shows a small figure inside of cagelike towers, perhaps symbolizing the fledgling sculptor's dreams of creation.1990, Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein, American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions
    • Why would this cagelike structure be energetically unfavorable?2004, Bruce Alberts, Essential Cell Biology: An Introduction to the Molecular Biology of the Cell

Forms of cagelike

comparativemore cagelike
superlativemost cagelike

Origin of cagelike

From cage + -like.

Questions about cagelike

What does cagelike mean?
Cagelike means resembling or characteristic of a cage.
What part of speech is cagelike?
Cagelike is an adjective.

Words near cagelike in the dictionary

  1. caged
  2. cageful
  3. cagefuls
  4. cageless
  5. cagelessness
  6. cagelike
  7. cageling
  8. cagelings
  9. cageman
  10. cagemate
  11. cagemates

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