cage

Noun

• a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice

• the net that is the goal in ice hockey

• United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)

• something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement

• an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept

Verb

• confine in a cage
  • The animal was caged
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  batting cage , Cage , John Cage , John Milton Cage Jr. , coop , cage in