brooder

as inintrovert

Synonyms for brooder

noun person who retreats mentally

Antonyms for brooder

extrovert

Word Origin & History

Old English brod "brood, fetus, hatchling," from Proto-Germanic *brod (cf. Middle Dutch broet, Old High German bruot, German Brut "brood"), literally "that which is hatched by heat," from *bro- "to warm, heat," from PIE *bhre- "burn, heat, incubate," from root *bhreue- "to boil, bubble, effervesce, burn" (see brew (v.)).

Example Sentences for brooder

But woman as a human incubator and brooder is an 170 obsolete machine.

We are all alike and yet all different; each of us is a wanderer, a brooder, a seeker.

"I opine we've got a brooder with us in the carriage behind," said Badger, in a low tone.

I can get a first-rate one for forty dollars, and I can buy one 'brooder.'

For convenience this house will be spoken of as brooder house No. 1.

It may be due to improper feeding, or to too high or low temperature in the brooder.

For this purpose any brooder utilized for chicks or ducks can be used for goslings.

You may mother chickens in a brooder, but you must mother children in your arms.

Next to the walk, and parallel with it, the brooder box should run.

On the south side of this walk our brooder boxes are arranged.

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