# cage home

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. 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.

## Etymology
From cage + home.
From Cantonese 籠屋 /笼屋 (lung⁴ uk¹), from being a home set in a cage.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cage-home