hatchery
hatchery — noun
- hatcherysingular
- hatcheriesplural
1. a facility where eggs from fish or birds are kept in controlled conditions until
a facility where eggs from fish or birds are kept in controlled conditions until they hatch, typically on a commercial scale
The salmon hatchery near the river releases young fish back into the wild every spring.
collocation: salmon hatchery / fish hatchery
Erik works at a chicken hatchery that supplies chicks to farms across the region.
The hatchery keeps thousands of trout eggs in special tanks until they hatch.
Amira visited a hatchery in the countryside to watch workers care for the eggs and chicks.
After the eggs hatch, workers move the chicks to warm barns at the hatchery.
- nursery
can refer to a place where young fish are grown, but also means a plant nursery; hatchery is more specific to egg hatching
- incubation facility
more formal and technical; hatchery is the everyday term for the same concept
- breeding farm
broader — includes mating of adult animals, not just hatching eggs
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Countable noun. Often preceded by the type of animal, as in fish hatchery, chicken hatchery, or salmon hatchery. The facility focuses only on the hatching stage — the young animals are typically sold or released soon after hatching.