hatchery

[ hach-uh-ree ]

noun

, plural hatch·er·ies.

1. a place for hatching hatch hatching eggs of hens, fish, etc., especially a large, commercial or government site where the young are hatched, hatch, cared for, and sold or distributed.

hatchery

/ ˈhætʃərɪ /

noun

1. a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions

Other Words From

• sub·hatcher·y noun plural subhatcheries

Word History and Origins

Origin of hatchery¹

First recorded in 1875–80; hatch ¹ + -ery

Example Sentences

There are hatcheries right now that we have, they’re in Alaska, other places, that need community-college-level workers.

From Freakonomics

Now about 35 percent are, and the rest require at least some support from hatchery fish.

From Popular-Science

In July 2020, the UEP put out a statement saying it was still looking for “an economically feasible, commercially viable alternative to the practice of male chick culling at hatcheries.”

From Vox

Not only would chick culling end but hatcheries wouldn’t “lose” half of all fertilized eggs that would have hatched into males.

From Vox

The organization will bury the eggs at its hatcheries and, about two months later, bid the hatchlings adieu as they swim off to sea.

From Washington Post

What a to-do they make when you approach their outdoor hatchery!

From Project Gutenberg

He began by dumping out into a worthless and landlocked bass-pond every brown trout in the hatchery.

From Project Gutenberg

Salmon have a peculiarity which makes it easy for the hatchery people.

From Project Gutenberg

At the head of the lake is a hotel and a fish hatchery; no store, no factory, not even a Chautauqua.

From Project Gutenberg

The female sun-fish (called, I believe, in England, the roach or bream) makes a "hatchery" for her eggs in this wise.

From Project Gutenberg