Brooder

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  • noun. One that broods.
  • noun. A heated enclosure in which young fowl or livestock are raised.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as couveuse, 2.
  • noun. A device for the artificial rearing of young chickens or other birds.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person who broods
  • noun. A heated box used for chicks or premature babies
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants
  • Word Usage
    "In order to operate an incubator successfully, we shall also need a brooder, which is really an artificial mother."