cagelike

English

Etymology

cage +‎ -like

Adjective

cagelike (comparative more cagelike, superlative most cagelike)

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

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