steel cage

Wrestler's barred arena

A steel cage is an enclosure made of steel bars or mesh, used for containing animals, securing equipment, or—most vividly—in professional wrestling, where a steel cage match traps competitors inside a ring surrounded by metal fencing.

The structure emphasizes confinement and intensity: It was a steel cage match for the championship.

Figuratively, any inescapable situation: The meeting felt like a steel cage.

Related

enclosure · iron · prison · trapped · locked in · no escape · WWE · fight · locked · cold · hard · mesh · barbed wire · razor wire · arena · death match · blood sport · submission hold

Categories
Opposites
confinement vs. freedom

steel cageopen space

Unobstructed outdoor area

freedom · open field · the wild · open air · wide open spaces

structural permanence

steel cagepop-up tent

Self-deploying portable shelter

Family

steel, cage, steels, steeled, steeling, steely, cages, caged, caging

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG