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View synonyms for brooder

brooder

[ broo-der ]

noun

  1. a device or structure for the rearing of young chickens or other birds.
  2. a person or animal that broods.


brooder

/ ˈbruːdə /

noun

  1. an enclosure or other structure, usually heated, used for rearing young chickens or other fowl
  2. a person or thing that broods
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of brooder1

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

Abdel is more of a brooder, at least for a while — Benssalah has a clenched, melancholy watchfulness that holds your attention in the midst of all the noise — but eventually he starts yelling, too.

On a recent weekday, Ben White, manager of the coho salmon recovery program at Warm Springs, gazed into a tank boiling with frisky, 2-pound brooders used for spawning and sighed.

It’s partly hearing his native Welsh accent, when we are used to his American dialects, but mainly that he usually plays brooders, Mason included.

Palmer was golf’s first man of the people — Arnie’s Army — while Hogan had been known as a brooder who kept to himself.

A stubbly brooder and walking red flag, Frank specializes in lustful glances and angsty conversations.

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