incubator
/ˈɪŋkjubeɪtə(r)/noun
उच्चारण इंक्युबेटर
इनक्यूबेटर, शिशु-पेटी
Core word
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a piece of hospital equipment with a closed glass or plastic case in which a baby who is born too early or is ill is kept warm and given oxygen
इनक्यूबेटर, शिशु-पेटी
- The premature baby spent three weeks in an incubator.
- The district hospital has received ten new incubators.
- Doctors kept the tiny baby in an incubator for a week.
+ 2 more examples
- Each incubator is monitored day and night by nurses.
- The rural clinic needs an extra incubator for newborns.
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[C]
a machine that keeps eggs warm until the young birds come out of them
अंडे सेने की मशीन, ऊष्मायित्र
- The chicks hatched in an incubator on the poultry farm.
- The farmer placed forty eggs in the incubator and waited three weeks for the chicks.
- The farmer set the incubator to the right temperature for the eggs.
+ 2 more examples
- Turtle eggs were kept safely in a small incubator.
- An electric incubator hatched all the eggs in twenty-one days.
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an organisation or a place that helps new businesses to develop by giving them advice, office space and other support
(नए व्यवसायों के लिए) इनक्यूबेटर, उद्यम-पोषण केंद्र
- Radhika's start-up began in a college business incubator.
- The university incubator helps young entrepreneurs by giving them cheap office space and advice.
- The start-up grew quickly after joining a technology incubator in Bengaluru.
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- Many young founders apply to the incubator for mentoring and funding.
- The state government has opened an incubator for women entrepreneurs.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
incubator (countable noun)
A countable noun with three common uses: a hospital device for newborns, a machine for hatching eggs, and a business support organisation.
यह countable noun है और तीन आम अर्थों में आता है: नवजात के लिए अस्पताल का उपकरण, अंडे सेने की मशीन और व्यवसाय की सहायता करने वाली संस्था।
- The baby was kept in an incubator for a week.
- The college has a start-up incubator.
in an incubator
The preposition in is used for the baby or eggs placed inside the device.
उपकरण के भीतर रखे शिशु या अंडों के लिए 'in' पूर्वसर्ग आता है।
- The eggs were placed in an incubator.
incubator + for sth
For names what the organisation supports.
'For' बताता है कि संस्था किसकी सहायता करती है।
- It is an incubator for young technology firms.
related forms
The verb is incubate (to keep eggs warm, or for a disease to develop) and the noun is incubation.
Verb 'incubate' है (अंडे सेना या रोग का विकसित होना) और noun 'incubation' है।
- The incubation period of the fever is five days.
+Collocations 4
adjective + incubator
businesstechnologyneonataleggstart-up
- The business incubator offers free office space to new founders.
verb + incubator
place input inset uprunjoin
- She joined a start-up incubator after graduation.
incubator + noun
babyprogrammecentretemperatureunit
- The hospital has a new incubator unit for premature babies.
incubator + of
of ideasof talentof innovation
- The university is an incubator of new ideas.
“More examples 6
- The premature baby was kept in an incubator under the nurses' care.
समय से पहले जन्मे शिशु को नर्सों की देखरेख में incubator में रखा गया।
- The poultry farm uses a large incubator to hatch chicks.
मुर्गी फ़ार्म चूज़े निकालने के लिए एक बड़ी incubator मशीन का उपयोग करता है।
- Radhika's idea for a study app was accepted by a start-up incubator.
राधिका के study app के विचार को एक start-up incubator ने स्वीकार किया।
- The school science club works as an incubator for young inventors.
विद्यालय का विज्ञान क्लब युवा आविष्कारकों के लिए incubator का काम करता है।
- The government has opened an incubator for rural entrepreneurs.
सरकार ने ग्रामीण उद्यमियों के लिए एक incubator खोला है।
- Many successful apps began in college incubators.
कई सफल apps की शुरुआत college incubators में हुई।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The baby was kept inside incubator.
✓ The baby was kept inside an incubator.
A singular countable noun needs an article.
Singular countable noun के पहले article आवश्यक है।
✗ The eggs are incubator by the machine for twenty days.
✓ The eggs are incubated by the machine for twenty days.
The passive verb needs the past participle incubated.
Passive में verb का past participle 'incubated' चाहिए।