CHURN
\t͡ʃˈɜːn], \tʃˈɜːn], \tʃ_ˈɜː_n]\
Definitions of CHURN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk
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stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter
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be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm"
By Princeton University
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a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk
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stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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 globules from the other parts, and obtain butter.
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To perform the operation of churning.
By Oddity Software
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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 globules from the other parts, and obtain butter.
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To perform the operation of churning.
By Noah Webster.
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A vessel in which milk or cream is made into butter.
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To make (butter) by violently stirring cream.
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To stir cream in making butter.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To agitate, as cream in a churn.
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A vessel in which milk or cream is agitated to separate the butter.
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Churning.
By James Champlin Fernald
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