birdcage
pronunciation
How to pronounce birdcage in British English:
UK [ˈbɜ:dkeɪdʒ]
How to pronounce birdcage in American English:
US [ˈbɜrdkeɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- a cage in which a bird is kept
Word Origin
- birdcage (n.)
- also bird-cage, late 15c., from bird (n.1) + cage (n.).
Example
- 1. I borrowed the idea of books in a birdcage from my very creative mother-in-law .
- 2. 4 / 13 Kabul , afghanistan : a man carries a birdcage ahead of a bird fight
- 3. Was your mother an evil carny who raised you in a wicker birdcage under the streets of paris ?
- 4. The yellow framework , nicknamed the " birdcage , " lifts super stack 5 toward an opening at the 16th floor crossover into the transfer aisle .