glass cage

collocation in English

meaningsofglassandcage

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glass
noun
uk
/ɡlɑːs/us
/ɡlæs/
a hard, transparent material, used to make windows, bottles, and ...
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cage
noun[C]
uk
/keɪdʒ/us
/keɪdʒ/
a space surrounded on all sides by bars or wire, in which animals or birds ...
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(Definition ofglassandcagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Bacon applies forceful, expressive brush strokes, and places the figure with aglasscagelike structure, and behind horizontal curtain-like drapery.
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It is probably peering through aglasscagesomewhere.
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Aglasscageis placed for the fleas, and the glass is warmed to a certain temperature until the fleas jump.
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Gruzzlebeard locks the four in aglasscageand as a token of his appreciation, he leaves the key - if they can get it.
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Theglasscagemight imply a vacuum that the figure's voice is unable to escape; as if it is screaming in silence.
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It seems trapped and isolated within the outlines of an abstract three-dimensionalglasscage.
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As he falls, he knocks over the mouse'sglasscage, and it escapes.
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These methods consist of introducing large numbers of flies (3000 individuals) into 30r30r30 cm glass cages.
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Along the walls were glass cages holding live cockatoos, macaws, seagulls, pigeons, and parrots.
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In the west wings winter garden, she installed two heated glass cages.
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Another advantage of these devices is that electronic fish feeders may also be used to feed amphibians, if they are kept in glass cages.
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They now realize that the collection of animals they see before them in small glass cages was exactly how they experienced the city.
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During the second refrain, she remains standing with closed eyes in the middle of the room and uses her supernatural powers to explode all of the glass cages.
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