brooder
Heated chick shelter
A brooder is a heated enclosure for raising young poultry or other birds that need warmth in their first weeks of life: The chicks stayed in the brooder until they feathered out.
By extension, a brooder is someone who broods—dwells on dark thoughts or worries obsessively: He's such a brooder, always replaying old arguments in his head.
Controlled warming enclosure
- hatcheryEgg incubation facility
- chicksNewly hatched birds
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
hen · fledglings · hatchlings · warmth · temperature · thermostat · coop · poultry
Examining one's own mind
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- reflectiveCasting back light
- philosophicalConcerned with fundamental truths
- thoughtfulShowing careful consideration
meditative · ruminative · absorbed · musing · pondering · solitary · deep · quiet
One who safeguards others
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- nurturerOne who fosters development
- motherFemale parent
- henFemale fowl
caregiver · watchful · maternal · paternal · defender · keeper · custodian · shepherd
Troubled by uncertainty
- fretfulAnxiously irritable
- nervousUneasy and apprehensive
- uneasyTroubled, not calm
- apprehensiveFearful of future events
troubled · restless · tense · edgy · agitated · distressed · overwrought · obsessive
incubator
Controlled warming enclosure
nest · hen · fledglings · hatchlings · warmth · temperature · thermostat · coop · poultry · fowl
introspective
Examining one's own mind
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- reflectiveCasting back light
- philosophicalConcerned with fundamental truths
thoughtful · meditative · ruminative · absorbed · musing · pondering · solitary · deep · quiet · withdrawn
protector
One who safeguards others
hen · caregiver · watchful · maternal · paternal · defender · keeper · custodian · shepherd · tender
worried
Troubled by uncertainty
apprehensive · troubled · restless · tense · edgy · agitated · distressed · overwrought · obsessive · fearful
- personalitiesintrovert, optimist, extrovert, pessimist, idealist
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
- expressive peopleemoter, drama queen, diva, prima donna, extrovert
- bird keepingbird cage, birdcages, bird food, birdseed, parakeet
- duck farmingdrake, hen, duckling, eggs, hatchery
- poultry suppliesfeeder, waterer, chicken coop, coop, incubator
brooderoptimist
Habitually hopeful person
free spirit · eternal optimist · extrovert · life of the party · sunny disposition
brooderincubator
Controlled warming enclosure
egg incubator · hatcher · cooler · chiller · nesting box
- brood mareFemale horse kept for mating
- brooding heroAngsty, introspective main character
- brood parasiteSpecies using others' nests
- devil's brood
brood, brooding, broody, broods, brooded, brooders, broodiness