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brooder

[ broo-der ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

brooder

/ ˈbruːdə /

an enclosure or other structure, usually heated, used for rearing young chickens or other fowl
a person or thing that broods

Origin of brooder¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; brood + -er ¹

We are all alike and yet all different; each of us is a wanderer, a brooder, a seeker.

Not only this, she is the brooder and breeder of all primitive doctrines, the conceiver and the mother of all human creeds.

Even if you're never going to repair a lamp or make a chick brooder, you should know about conductors and insulators.

An excellent brooder may be made with a tank of hot water, covered well, the same as the incubator.

The young leader brooder over the disaster, for such he regarded it, in silence.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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