Hatchery (Noun)
Meaning
A place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs); "the park authorities operated a trout hatchery".
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The park authorities operated a trout hatchery in order to increase the fish population in the lake.
- Visitors to the hatchery can watch fish swimming in large tanks as part of a conservation project.
- After touring the hatchery, the kids asked if they could release the newly hatched turtles into the river.
- At the local aquarium's hatchery, experts worked around the clock to save the eggs of the endangered sea turtle.
- Many fisheries operate a hatchery where juvenile fish are raised and released back into the ocean when mature.