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brooder

noun
/ˈbɹuːdə/UK/ˈbɹudɚ/US

Etymology

From brood + -er.

  1. derived from *bʰreh₁-✻ — “breath, mist, vapour, steam”
  2. inherited from *brōduz✻ — “heat, breeding”
  3. inherited from brōd — “brood; foetus; breeding, hatching”
  4. inherited from brood
  5. suffixed as brooder — “brood + er”

Definitions

  1. A person who broods.

  2. A heated box used for chicks or premature babies.

    • [E]verybody worked hard to get the chicks safely into the brooders.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA