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brooders

brooders is the plural of brooder.

Meaning of brooder

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

Questions about brooders

What is brooders the plural of?
Brooders is the plural of brooder.

Words near brooders in the dictionary

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

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