milk churn

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• milk churn — UK US noun [countable] [singular milk churn plural milk churns] british a large metal container used for carrying milk from farms Thesaurus: animal farminghyponym …   Useful english dictionary

• milk churn — n BrE a tall round metal container with a lid, used to carry milk from farms …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• milk churn — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms milk churn : singular milk churn plural milk churns British a large metal container used for carrying milk from farms …   English dictionary

• milk churn — noun (C) BrE a large metal container with a lid used to carry milk from farms …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• churn — churn1 [tʃə:n US tʃə:rn] v 1.) if your stomach churns, you feel sick because you are nervous or frightened ▪ My stomach was churning on the day of the exam. 2.) [I and T] [i]also churn up if water, mud etc churns, or if something churns it, it… …   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

• 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 — 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 — (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