brooder

English

Etymology

From brood +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

brooder (plural brooders)

  1. A person who broods.
  2. A heated box used for chicks or premature babies.
    • 1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 93:
      [E]verybody worked hard to get the chicks safely into the brooders.

Synonyms

  • (heated box used for chicks or premature babies): incubator

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