birdcagenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbɜːd.keɪdʒ/us/ˈbɝːd.keɪdʒ/a cage (= container with wire bars) in which birds are kept so that people can look at them
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal Dwellings - man-made
- apiary
- aquarium
- aviary
- birdhouse
- cage
- coop
- dovecote
- fish tank
- fishbowl
- fold
- goldfish bowl
- hatchery
- hive
- pigeon loft
- pigpen
- pigsty
- sanctuary
- stabling
- stall
- stockyard
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Examples from literature
- All yesterday and to-day we have been making flannel coats for the monkey, and covers for birdcages, and improvising shelters and snug corners for our pets.
- The life of the roadside dwellers, the folk who live in little stone houses and show two flower-pots and a birdcage in their windows, has a strange fascination for me.
- There were several birdcages in the windows, and a constant trilling and chirping going on within them.
- What a heap of rubbish they take away with them—old birdcages, worm-eaten furniture, and every kind of lumber!