- churns
- tʃɜËn n. vessel in which butter is made v. prepare butter by agitating cream; shake or agitate with violent motion
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Churning (butter) — Farmer selling the churned butter (machine in the foreground). Churning is the process of shaking up whole milk (or cream) to make butter, and various forms of butter churn have been used for the purpose. In Europe from the Middle Ages until the… … Wikipedia
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churn — churnable, adj. churnability, n. churner, n. /cherrn/, n. 1. a container or machine in which cream or milk is agitated to make butter. 2. any of various containers or machines similar in shape or action to a butter churn, as a device for mixing… … Universalium
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churn — [[t]tʃɜ͟ː(r)n[/t]] churns, churning, churned 1) N COUNT: oft n N A churn is a container which is used for making butter. 2) VERB If something churns water, mud, or dust, it moves it about violently. [V n] Ferries churn the waters of Howe Sound… … English dictionary
churn — 1 noun (C) 1 a container used for shaking milk in order to make it into butter 2 BrE a large metal container used to carry milk in 2 verb 1 (I) if your stomach churns you feel sick because you are nervous or frightened: My stomach was churning on … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
churn — I UK [tʃɜː(r)n] / US [tʃɜrn] verb Word forms churn : present tense I/you/we/they churn he/she/it churns present participle churning past tense churned past participle churned 1) [transitive] to mix milk or cream in a special container in order to … English dictionary
