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Definition of "brooder" []

  • One that broods: brooders in the henhouse; a brooder over past errors. (noun)
  • A heated enclosure in which fowls are raised. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "brooder" in a sentence
  • "In order to operate an incubator successfully, we shall also need a brooder, which is really an artificial mother."
  • ""Now, just look at that," I said as I opened the top of the long box that is called a brooder and is supposed to supplement the functions of the metal incubator mother in the destiny of chicken young."
  • "However its my understanding that pen raised birds will never reproduce in the wild, but using brooder that are in the environment increase the likelyhood of them reproducing."