incubator

«incubator» in Mova's school dictionary: a machine that keeps eggs warm so they can hatch — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an incubator, incubators)

meaning for a pupil

1) An incubator is a machine that keeps eggs warm so they can hatch. tree →

2) An incubator is a special clear cot in hospital that keeps a baby born too early or ill warm and safe. tree →

3) An incubator is a warm box used in labs for growing bacteria or cells. tree →

4) (business) An incubator is a place or program that helps new small companies grow. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school science classes often hatch chicks or ducklings in an incubator. In hospital stories a premature baby stays in an incubator until strong enough. In business news, start-up incubators help new ideas. Phrases: «in an incubator», «egg incubator», «hospital incubator».

examples

• Our class hatched six chicks in an incubator. tree →
• The incubator keeps the eggs at 37.5 degrees. tree →
• My baby brother was born early and spent two weeks in an incubator. tree →
• The scientist put the dish of bacteria in the incubator. tree →
• Don't open the incubator lid too often or the eggs will cool. tree →
• The new app company started in a business incubator. tree →

note

Countable: one incubator, two incubators. From «incubate». In maths problems: if 12 eggs go in and 9 hatch, 3 did not hatch, and the hatch rate is 9/12 = 75%.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «incubator» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.