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Meaning of bone-cage | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any rigid bony enclosure that protects or houses soft tissues, as the ribcage.

Examples

“It would keep the bone-cage of his body safe: no enemy's clasp would crush him in it, no vicious armlock choke his life out.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

bone-crushing dog bone-eating snot flower worm bone-fire bone-grubber bone-house wasp bone-idle