"brain farm" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brain farms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brain farm (plural brain farms)
  1. Any mass educational system of improving or providing conditions to increase the intellectual quality and yield of a population of (human) brains, e.g. a university or school.
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