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How to pronounce brooder in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms incubator
Type of apparatus, setup
Derivation brood

Examples of brooder

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Tour pheasant hatcheries, brooder houses, rearing, grow-out, over-wintering pens.
From the post-gazette.com
So we propose, temporarily anyway, to put aside Barry Bonds, the distant brooder.
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A sensitive brooder with rugged good looks, he's Russell Crowe without the ego.
From the time.com
The turkeys were still in the brooder, so first we had to move them somewhere.
From the charlotteobserver.com
He isn't a brooder fatalistically waiting around for Ragnarok, the end of the world.
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More of the big brooder trout will likely be planted prior to Labor Day.
From the sacbee.com
The weekly Monday catfish plants include 500 pounds of brooder blue cats over 15 pounds.
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At one point, we put a floor in it and used it for a brooder for chicks.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Have the brooder box ready when bringing home the chicks, which may be only 2 days old.
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More examples
  • Incubator: apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants
  • The nurseryfishes or forehead brooders are a family (Kurtidae) of fish that are notable for carrying their egg clusters on hooks protruding from the forehead (supraoccipital) of the males. The family consists of just two species in the single genus Kurtus.
  • A person who broods; A heated box used for chicks or premature babies
  • (Brooders) are most often ahermatypic (non-reef building), or some hermatypic corals which are in areas of high current or wave action. ...
  • A heated chamber used to keep young chicks warm.
  • Definition: A brooder is a temperature and humidity controlled enclosure that bird breeders use to house newly hatched birds and keep them in a safe and warm environment.
  • Fish that have reached reproductive maturity.