brooder
- n apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants
- Bill Evans: Conversations with Myself (Verve) presents the most articulate and beautiful brooder in jazz, playing his inner-ear music without eavesdropping sidemen.
- He was no self-destructive brooder -- "a bouncy, real nice guy," remembers Cathy Willis, the high schools student-activities coordinator.
- Five others are interested in the brooder.