What part of speech is brooder?

Brooder can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. brooder is a noun, singular of brooders.

Inflections

Noun

What does brooder mean?

Definitions

Noun

brooder - apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants

Examples of brooder

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1. verb Birds brood.
2. noun The hen keeps her brood under her.
3. noun In a sunny spot stood a pleasant old farm-house close by a deep river, and from the house down to the water side grew great burdock leaves, so high, that under the tallest of them a little child could stand upright. The spot was as wild as the centre of a thick wood. In this snug retreat sat a duck on her nest, watching for her young brood to hatch; she was beginning to get tired of her task, for the little ones were a long time coming out of their shells, and she seldom had any visitors.
4. noun On the next day the weather was delightful, and the sun shone brightly on the green burdock leaves, so the mother duck took her young brood down to the water, and jumped in with a splash.
5. noun To arms I call my comrades, and defy / the loathsome brood to battle.
6. noun A brood mare is a female horse used for breeding.
Sentence  
verb
Birds brood.
noun
The hen keeps her brood under her.
In a sunny spot stood a pleasant old farm-house close by a deep river, and from the house down to the water side grew great burdock leaves, so high, that under the tallest of them a little child could stand upright. The spot was as wild as the centre of a thick wood. In this snug retreat sat a duck on her nest, watching for her young brood to hatch; she was beginning to get tired of her task, for the little ones were a long time coming out of their shells, and she seldom had any visitors.
On the next day the weather was delightful, and the sun shone brightly on the green burdock leaves, so the mother duck took her young brood down to the water, and jumped in with a splash.
To arms I call my comrades, and defy / the loathsome brood to battle.
A brood mare is a female horse used for breeding.

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