hatchery
A facility where eggs, especially those of fish or poultry, are hatched under…A (commercial) facility where eggs, especially those of fish or poultry, are hatched under artificial conditions.
Meaning
2 sensesA (commercial) facility where eggs, especially those of fish or poultry, are hatched under artificial conditions.
Brutapparat, Brutplatz, Brutstätte
инкубато́рийinkubatórij
a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs)
(figuratively)A place where something is fostered or nurtured; a nursery.
Examples
2 sentencesThe group called for the creation of fish hatcheries that would release "fingerlings" into the old spawning grounds.
At the research facilities of the Department of Agriculture, the incubator can hold hundreds of eggs. Sue Rosoff manages the hatchery.
Translations
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Forms
plural: hatcheries| Singular | hatchery |
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Word family
5 related wordsSee also
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