butter churn

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• Butter churn — A butter churn is a mechanical device used to agitate milk cream until it becomes butter. Churning the cream brings its fat globules together and causes them to clump into lumps of butter, leaving a liquid called butter milk.The physical… …   Wikipedia

• butter churn — noun a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk • Syn: ↑churn • Derivationally related forms: ↑churn (for: ↑churn) • Hypernyms: ↑vessel …   Useful english dictionary

• Churn — may refer to: Butter churn, a device used for churning butter Churning (butter), the process of creating butter out of milk or cream Churn drill, a large, older drilling machine that bores large diameter holes in the ground Contents 1 People and… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• churn — [tʃɜːn] verb I 1) [I/T] if a liquid churns, or if something churns it, it moves around violently 2) [I] if your stomach churns, you feel sick 3) [T] to mix milk or cream in a special container in order to make butter • churn sth out churn sth up… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• churn — 1. verb /tʃɜː(r)n,tʃɚn/ a) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream …   Wiktionary

• Butter tea — Butter tea, also known as po cha (bo|t=བོད་ཇ་|w=bod ja, Tibetan tea ), cha süma (bo|t=ཇ་སྲུབ་མ་|w=ja srub ma, churned tea ), Mandarin Chinese: su you cha (; Pinyin: sū yóu chá) or goor goor in local Ladakhi terms, is a drink of the Tibetans and… …   Wikipedia

• churn — [chʉrn] n. [ME chirne < OE cyrne; akin to cyrnel,KERNEL: with ref. to grainy appearance of churned cream] 1. a container or contrivance in which milk or cream is beaten, stirred, or shaken to form butter ☆ 2. the occurrence, ratio, or amount… …   English World dictionary

• churn — ► NOUN 1) a machine for making butter by agitating milk or cream. 2) Brit. a large metal milk can. ► VERB 1) agitate (milk or cream) in a churn to produce butter. 2) (with reference to liquid) move about vigorously. 3) (churn out) produce… …   English terms dictionary

• Churn — (ch[^u]rn), n. [OE. chirne, cherne, AS. ceren, cyrin; akin to D. karn, Dan. kierne. See {Churn}, v. t.] A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separate the oily …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Churn — Churn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Churned} (ch[^u]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Churning}.] [OE. chernen, AS. cernan; akin to LG. karnen, G. kernen, D. karnen, Dan. kierne, Sw. k[ a]rna, and also to E. corn, kernel, the meaning coming from the idea of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English