Crate vs Cage - What's the difference?
crate | cage |
To put into a crate.
To keep in a crate.
an enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
the passenger compartment of a lift
(hockey, water polo) the goal.
(US derogatory slang) automobile
(figuratively) Something that hinders freedom.
(athletics) The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
(obsolete) A place of confinement for malefactors.
* Lovelace
An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
(engineering) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.
A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
(mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
(baseball) The catcher's wire mask.
To put into a cage.
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To track individual responses to direct mail, either (advertising) to maintain and develop mailing lists or (politics) to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.
(figuratively) To restrict someone's movement or creativity.
As nouns the difference between crate and cage
is that crate is a large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods while cage is an enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.As verbs the difference between crate and cage
is that crate is to put into a crate while cage is to put into a cage.As a proper noun Cage is
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Synonyms
* packing caseVerb
(crat)Anagrams
* * * * * ----cage
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Noun
(en noun)- We keep a bird in a cage .
- The tigers are in a cage to protect the public.
- The most dangerous prisoners are locked away in a cage .
- (Shakespeare)
- Stone walls do not a prison make, / Nor iron bars a cage .
- the cage of a staircase
- (Gwilt)
Derived terms
* birdcage * cageling * cagey * roll cageVerb
(cag)Geothermal Energy, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}