brooder
nounUK /ˈbɹuːdə/ · US /ˈbɹudɚ/
Etymology From brood + -er.
1
A person who broods.
- Ah! our poor simple fathers should rise up Out of their graves, and come to get advice And comfort from the brooders that are now.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 89:
2
A heated box used for chicks or premature babies.
- [E]verybody worked hard to get the chicks safely into the brooders.1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 93:
- Synonyms
- incubator
- Derived terms
- mouthbrooder