incubator

C2 Topic:Mind & Cognition
US /ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.ɾɚ/ UK /ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.tə(ɹ)/
noun Freq #26042

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    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.

  2. 2
    noun

    apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat

  3. 3
    noun

    Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction.

  4. 4
    noun

    An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 noun · apparatus consisting of a... brooder
4 noun · an apparatus used to... brooder
Word family
Derived forms bioincubatormicroincubator
Related forms incubateincubationincubative

Etymology

From incubate + -or.

Topics

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