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Definition of Churn

1. Verb. Stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter.

2. Noun. A vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk.

3. Verb. Be agitated. "The water churns "; "The sea was churning in the storm"

Definition of Churn

1. n. 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.

2. v. t. To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter.

3. v. i. To perform the operation of churning.

Definition of Churn

1. Verb. (transitive) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive figuratively) To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake. ¹

4. Noun. A vessel used for churning. ¹

5. Noun. (context: telecommunications) The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider. ¹

6. Noun. (context: telecommunications) The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers, expressed by the formula ''Customer Quits/Customer base''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Churn

1. to stir briskly in order to make butter [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Churn

churchyards churels churg-strauss syndrome churidars churinga churingas churl churlish churlishly churlishness

churlishnesses churls churly churmuri churn (current term) churn out churn up churnable churnalism churnalist

churnalists churned churned-up churner churners churning churningly churnings churns

Literary usage of Churn

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles and Practice of Butter-making: A Treatise on the Chemical and by George Lewis McKay (1908)
"(5) Skim thicker cream and churn at a higher temperature. ... Keeping churn Sweet.—It has been mentioned before that butter absorbs foreign odors very ..."

2. The Economic History of the United States by Ernest Ludlow Bogart (1912)
"POWER churn AND BUTTER MIXER Butter is made by separating the butter-fat in ... In the old-fashioned dash churn the motion was largely one of stirring, ..."

3. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1861)
"butter produced by each churn to several parties they had all conceded that made in the Wilson churn to be the best. He felt sure the difference in the ..."

4. The Genesee Farmer (1851)
"The cross bar, tempering cylinder, and tubes, can »1^ be removed from the barrel of the churn, thus leaving nothing but the empty cylinder for ..."

5. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1846)
"At these churn- suppers the masters and their families attend the ... The churn-supper song varies in different dales, but the following used to be the most ..."

6. A Treatise of Mechanics, Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive by Olinthus Gregory (1815)
"churn, a well-known vessel in which butter, by long and violent agitation, ... Of these, one of the most valuable is Mr. William Bowler's improved churn, ..."

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