hatchery
noun
hatch·ery ˈha-chə-rē 
plural hatcheries
: a place for hatching eggs (as of poultry or fish)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The industry was becoming vertically integrated, too: From the feed mill to the hatchery to the processing plant, everything became absorbed into a small set of big-name companies like Tyson and Perdue Farms. 
Boyce Upholt, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2022 In 2013, Thurston Energy applied to drill two test wells mere feet from the fish hatchery. Stephanie Mencimer, WIRED, 17 Sep. 2022 Buoy 10 fishing for hatchery coho salmon will resume Thursday. oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2022 In 1955 pink salmon eggs from British Columbia were flown to Thunder Bay, Ontario, with the intention of raising them in a hatchery and stocking them far to the north in Hudson Bay, according to author Jerry Dennis. Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022 This year’s fair will host everything from oxen-pulling and the annual giant pumpkin contest to a butterfly hatchery. Robert Knox, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022 Each tank in the hatchery on average holds about half a million baby fish and there are 60 tanks at the Martinsville farm. Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Aug. 2022 Some of those wild springers are being passed along to the hatchery for in-basin broodstock. Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 30 July 2022 Taylor Lipscomb, the hatchery’s manager, reached into the cooler and lifted out a cup filled with orange salmon eggs, then handed it to one of the children. Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2022 See More
Boyce Upholt, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2022 In 2013, Thurston Energy applied to drill two test wells mere feet from the fish hatchery. Stephanie Mencimer, WIRED, 17 Sep. 2022 Buoy 10 fishing for hatchery coho salmon will resume Thursday. oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2022 In 1955 pink salmon eggs from British Columbia were flown to Thunder Bay, Ontario, with the intention of raising them in a hatchery and stocking them far to the north in Hudson Bay, according to author Jerry Dennis. Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022 This year’s fair will host everything from oxen-pulling and the annual giant pumpkin contest to a butterfly hatchery. Robert Knox, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022 Each tank in the hatchery on average holds about half a million baby fish and there are 60 tanks at the Martinsville farm. Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Aug. 2022 Some of those wild springers are being passed along to the hatchery for in-basin broodstock. Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 30 July 2022 Taylor Lipscomb, the hatchery’s manager, reached into the cooler and lifted out a cup filled with orange salmon eggs, then handed it to one of the children. Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1857, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
hatchery
noun
hatch·ery ˈha-chə-rē
plural hatcheries
: a place for hatching eggs
a fish hatchery