wire cage

collocation in English

meaningsofwireandcage

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wire
noun
uk
/waɪər/us
/waɪr/
a piece of thin metal thread that can be bent, used for fastening things and for making particular types of objects that are strong but ...
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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 ofwireandcagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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On each site, 20 rabbits were trapped on 4 or 5 centrally located warrens usingwirecagetraps.
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It was just awirecage, with no bottom to it and with about seven strips of straw in it.
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When they get to the ground, they are segregated in a bigwirecage.
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I have what may be called an aviary without thewirecage.
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We discovered in awirecage, with nothing under them, three little puppies which could not have been more than seven weeks old.
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At the beginning there was an absolute deficiency, and the ordinarywirecagemuzzle was very scarce, and all kinds of substitutes had to be used.
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A few hundred young men had been placed in a barbedwirecage, and were being taken in lorries to an internment camp.
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The head consists of awirecage, a heat reflector, an electrical heating plate, insulator, and a mineral plate.
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In fusors, the voltage drop is made with awirecage.
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A cork is then inserted, with a capsule andwirecage(muselet) securing it in place.
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Mice also love to climb, and awirecagewith horizontal bars is perfect for this.
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Home inserted his hand inside awirecagethat was pushed under the table.
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The most comfortable muzzles for dogs are those withwirecageconstruction.
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Each border lamp was in awirecageintended to keep the canvas borders at least a foot away from the gas lamps within.
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The next evening, the men reconvene in the basement with lamps, a tripwire, and awirecageto suspend over the well.
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A heated copper plate was placed inside a rectangularwirecage.
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To determine the actual fertility, for several seasons newly moulted males and females were kept until their death in outside wire cages.
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