"cage home" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cage homes [plural]
Etymology: cage + home. From Cantonese 籠屋/笼屋 (lung⁴ uk¹), from being a home set in a cage. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cage|home}} cage + home, {{der|en|yue|籠屋}} Cantonese 籠屋/笼屋 (lung⁴ uk¹) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cage home (plural cage homes)
  1. (Hong Kong, architecture) A subdivision of an apartment/tenement/flat's rooms into separate living spaces of stacked cages, big enough to fit a bed and hold one's belongings. Tags: Hong-Kong Categories (topical): Architecture Related terms: capsule hotel Coordinate_terms: coffin home, capsule home, bedspace apartment
    Sense id: en-cage_home-en-noun-GzaNGMM0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Hong Kong English Topics: architecture

Inflected forms

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