20; twenty; XX. Hypernyms (XX is a kind of...): large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)
Brood (verb). the young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens. Brood (verb). the young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children. Brood (verb).
1. One that broods: brooders in the henhouse; a brooder over past errors. 2. A heated enclosure in which young fowl or livestock are raised.f there was an old hen available that would take them, it was common to put them with her, but if a hen was not available, or if too many chicks had been hatched, using a brooder was one solution. Brooder heating and temperature control was much like that of an Incubator. Thesaurus AntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: