encage

verb

in-ˈkāj How to pronounce encage (audio)
Definition of encagenext
as in to house
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers employees who felt encaged in their cubicles

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encage
  1. house
  2. confine
  3. enclose
  4. cage
  5. encase
  6. surround
  7. include
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  • The public safety building will house both Lake Travis Fire Rescue, also known as ESD No. 6, and the Bee Cave Police Department, which is currently housed in the old City Hall.
    Rachel Royster, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The new 12,345-square-foot brewpub, co-owned by Dennis Kramer-Wine and Alexandra Nowell, will house a restaurant on the main floor.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of house
Verb
  • The virus was initially confined to the Amazon Basin.
    Maria Isabel Barros Guinle, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
  • For the most part, Israel’s response to Hamas’s devastating October 7 attack was confined to the Gaza Strip.
    Carrie A. Lee, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of confine
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  • Pictures show the shrine enclosed in a golden cage adorned with intricate Arabic inscriptions beside an old stone mosque crowned by a minaret that overlooked the village.
    Sally Abou Aljoud, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Saturday November 9 is the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989 to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West.
    Andrew Torgan, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of enclose
Verb
  • According to The Telegraph, the TAP Air Portugal plane arrived at the Ponta Delgada Airport on Sao Miguel Island on Wednesday, Nov. 13, after taking off from Lisbon with multiple animals, including hamsters, ferrets and caged birds, to be delivered to a pet store.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The station also reported that eight to 10 dogs were found in the home in poor health, several of them caged.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of cage
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  • There are three bottles in the series, each sporting a different hued crown on the label—green, blue and yellow—and each encased in three unique boxes that when brought together fashion a part of Basquiat's masterpiece In Italian (1983).
    Jillian Dara, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
  • The pillows are also encased with cotton fabric and stuffed with a hypoallergenic down alternative filling that provides structure and support to the neck and back.
    Toni Sutton, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of encase
Verb
  • When the historic Chichele Presidential Lodge reopens in South Luangwa National Park after a refurbishment in March 2025, guests staying in each of the 10 suites will have endless views of the surrounding plains.
    Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Depending on the location, a fibroma may compress surrounding structures.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 23 Nov. 2024
Definition of surround
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the Wisconsin state Senate saw Democrats win a trio of close races to narrow the Republican majority; that included one particularly high-cost battle for District 8.
    JR Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Disney+’s Australian originals include Last Days of the Space Age, which debuted last month, and Season 2 of Shipwreck Hunters Australia, which is currently filming in Perth.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of include
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