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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incubator/#m1)

2) An incubator is a special clear cot in hospital that keeps a baby born too early or ill warm and safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incubator/#m2)

3) An incubator is a warm box used in labs for growing bacteria or cells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incubator/#m3)

4) (business) An incubator is a place or program that helps new small companies grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incubator/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incubator/#x1)
- The incubator keeps the eggs at 37.5 degrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incubator/#x2)
- My baby brother was born early and spent two weeks in an incubator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incubator/#x3)
- The scientist put the dish of bacteria in the incubator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incubator/#x4)
- Don't open the incubator lid too often or the eggs will cool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incubator/#x5)
- The new app company started in a business incubator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incubator/#x6)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incubator/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.