'brooder' definitions:
Definition of 'brooder'
(from WordNet)
noun
Apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants [syn: incubator, brooder]
Definition of 'brooder'
From: GCIDE
- brooder \brood"er\ n. a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants.
- Syn: incubator. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'brooder'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Bantam,
- banty,
- barn-door fowl,
- barnyard fowl,
- biddy,
- birthplace,
- breeding place,
- broiler,
- broody hen,
- capon,
- chanticleer,
- chick,
- chickabiddy,
- chicken,
- chicken house,
- chicky,
- cock,
- cockerel,
- coop,
- cradle,
- depressive,
- domestic fowl,
- drake,
- duck,
- duckling,
- dunghill fowl,
- forcing bed,
- fowl,
- fryer,
- game fowl,
- gander,
- gloomy Gus,
- gobbler,
- goose,
- gosling,
- guinea cock,
- guinea fowl,
- guinea hen,
- hatchery,
- hen,
- hen turkey,
- hencote,
- henhouse,
- hennery,
- hotbed,
- incubator,
- melancholiac,
- melancholic,
- mope,
- nest,
- nidus,
- nursery,
- partlet,
- poulard,
- poult,
- poultry,
- pullet,
- roaster,
- rookery,
- rooster,
- setting hen,
- sourpuss,
- spring chicken,
- stewing chicken,
- tom,
- tom turkey,
- turkey,
- turkey gobbler,
- turkey-cock