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brooder

Syllables: brood·erUK/ˈbɹuːdə/US/ˈbɹudɚ/

brooder noun: a person who broods.

Noun

brooder (plural brooders)

  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

brooder meaning in Tamil

brooder in Tamil

கோழிக்குஞ்சு வெப்பப்பதனக்கரு, குஞ்சுகாக்குமிடம்

Synonyms of brooder

Forms of brooder

pluralbrooders

Origin of brooder

From brood + -er.

Words formed from brooder

Words that rhyme with brooder

Questions about brooder

What does brooder mean?
Brooder means a person who broods.
What is brooder in Tamil?
Brooder in Tamil is கோழிக்குஞ்சு வெப்பப்பதனக்கரு, குஞ்சுகாக்குமிடம். See Brooder meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is brooder?
Brooder is a noun.
How do you pronounce brooder?
Brooder is pronounced /ˈbɹuːdə/ (UK).
What is the plural of brooder?
The plural of brooder is brooders.

Words near brooder in the dictionary

  1. brood-parasitic
  2. broodchamber
  3. broodchambers
  4. brooded
  5. brooded above
  6. brooder
  7. brooders
  8. broodest
  9. broodeth
  10. broodfish
  11. broodfishes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brooder (page history and authors); brooder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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