incubator
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incubator
- /ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.tə(ɹ)/ UK
- [ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.ɾɚ] US
- [ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.ɾə(ɹ)] Australia
Rhymes with -eɪtə(ɹ)
noun incubators
- Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction.
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An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.
Similar: brooder
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An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs.
Similar: brooder
- A place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature.
- A support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies. So the question that is commonly asked is, why put a media incubator in a media desert and have it managed by a civil servant? This gets to the heart of the institutional support problem in Wales.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: brooder, seedbed, hotbed, eccaleobion, cultivate, humidified, nurture, hatchery, basket, incubate, hatching, device, toaster, incubation, nursery, custody
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noun chemistry: apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction
| Português | incubadora |
|---|---|
| Français | incubateur |
| Română | incubator |
| Русский | инкуба́тор inkubátor |
noun medicine: apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby
| Español | incubadora |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 보육기 boyukgi, 인큐베이터 inkyubeiteo |
| 日本語 | 保育器 hoikuki, インキュベーター inkyubētā |
| 中文 | 保育器 bǎoyùqì, 育嬰箱 /育婴箱 yùyīngxiāng, 保溫箱 /保温箱 bǎowēnxiāng |
| Português | incubadora |
| Français | incubateur, couveuse |
| Deutsch | Brutkasten, Inkubator |
| Italiano | incubatrice |
| Română | incubator |
| Русский | инкуба́тор inkubátor |
| العربية | حَاضِنَة ḥāḍina |
noun apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs
| Español | incubadora |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 부화기 buhwagi, 부란기 buran'gi |
| 日本語 | 孵化器 fukaki, 孵卵器 furanki |
| 中文 | 孵化器 fūhuàqì, 孵蛋器 fūdànqì |
| Português | incubadora, incubadeira, chocadeira |
| Français | couveuse |
| Deutsch | Brutkasten |
| Română | incubator |
| Русский | инкуба́тор inkubátor |
noun place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature
| Español | estufa de cultivo, incubadora |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 정온기 jeong'on'gi |
| 日本語 | 定温器 teionki |
| 中文 | 恆溫器 /恒温器 héngwēnqì, 恆溫箱 /恒温箱 héngwēnxiāng |
| Français | incubateur |
| Deutsch | Inkubator |
| Română | incubator |
noun support program for entrepreneurial companies
| Español | incubadora |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 孵化器 fūhuàqì |
| Français | incubateur |
| Deutsch | Inkubator |
| Italiano | incubatore |
Talk about this word "incubator." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/incubator. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. incubator. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/incubator "incubator." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/incubator.Cite this
@misc{incubator_2026,
title = {incubator},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/incubator},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
