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roll cage

noun

Definition of ROLL CAGE

: a protective framework of metal bars encasing the driver of a vehicle (as a racing car)

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First Known Use of ROLL CAGE

1966

Rhymes with ROLL CAGE

backstage, birdcage, broad-gauge, coon's age, dark age, downstage, encage, engage, enrage, forestage, front-page, greengage, ice age, Iron Age, new age, offstage, onstage, outrage, presage, rampage, rib cage, road rage, soundstage, space-age, substage, teenage, thrust stage, uncage, upstage

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