cage home

English

Etymology

From cage +‎ home. From Cantonese 籠屋 / 笼屋 (lung⁴ uk¹), from being a home set in a cage.

Noun

cage home (plural cage homes)

1. (Hong Kong, architecture) A subdivision of an apartment/tenement/flat's rooms into separate living spaces of stacked cages, big enough to fit a bed and hold one's belongings.

Coordinate terms

• coffin home
• capsule home
• bedspace apartment

See also

• capsule hotel

Anagrams

• homecage