cagelike

English

Etymology

cage +‎ -like

Adjective

cagelike (comparative more cagelike, superlative most cagelike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a cage.
   • 1990, Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein, American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions:

     This version shows a small figure inside of cagelike towers, perhaps symbolizing the fledgling sculptor's dreams of creation.

   • 2004, Bruce Alberts, Essential Cell Biology: An Introduction to the Molecular Biology of the Cell:

     Why would this cagelike structure be energetically unfavorable?

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