Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
CAGES
Noun
cages
plural of cage
Source: Wiktionary
CAGE
Cage, n. Etym: [F. cage, fr. L. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus hollow. Cf. Cave, n., Cajole, Gabion.]
1. A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals. In his cage, like parrot fine and gay. Cowper.
2. A place of confinement for malefactors Shak. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage. Lovelace.
3. (Carp.)
Definition: An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as the cage of a staircase. Gwilt.
4. (Mach.) (a) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve. (b) A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
5. The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.
6. (Mining)
Definition: The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
7. (Baseball)
Definition: The catcher's wire mask.
Cage, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caged; p. pr. & vb. n. Caging.]
Definition: To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. "Caged and starved to death." Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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