English

Adjective

cagelike ‎(comparative more cagelike, superlative most cagelike)

1. Like a cage.

   This version shows a small figure inside of cagelike towers, perhaps symbolizing the fledgling sculptor's dreams of creation. — Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein, American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions (1990)

   Why would this cagelike structure be energetically unfavorable? — Bruce Alberts, Essential Cell Biology: An Introduction to the Molecular Biology of the Cell (2004)