Cage (k j), John Milton, Jr. 1912-1992. American musical theorist and composer of avant-garde works, such as Sonatas and Interludes for a piano with its strings damped by wood and metal (1946-1948). |
| cage (kj) n. 1. A structure for confining birds or animals, enclosed on at least one side by a grating of wires or bars that lets in air and light. 2. A barred room or fenced enclosure for confining prisoners. 3. An enclosing openwork structure: placed a protective cage over the sapling; a bank teller's cage. 4. A skeletal support, as for a building; a framework. 5. An elevator car. 6. a. Baseball A large wire screen placed behind home plate to stop balls in batting practice. b. Sports A goal, as in hockey or soccer, made of a net attached to a frame . tr.v. caged, cag·ing, cag·es To put or confine in or as if in a cage. See Synonyms at enclose. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cavea.] |
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