What does setting hen mean?

setting hen means "a domestic hen ready to brood".

What is another word for setting hen?

Close synonyms include brood hen, broody, broody hen, sitter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is setting hen a common word?

setting hen is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Setting hen — meaning and 4 synonyms

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a domestic hen ready to brood
Synonymsbrood hen broody broody hen sitter
Broaderhen

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What does setting hen mean?: setting hen means "a domestic hen ready to brood".
What is another word for setting hen?: Close synonyms include brood hen, broody, broody hen, sitter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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