milk-churn

  • 1milk 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 …

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  • 2milk churn — n BrE a tall round metal container with a lid, used to carry milk from farms …

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  • 3milk 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 …

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  • 4milk churn — noun (C) BrE a large metal container with a lid used to carry milk from farms …

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  • 5churn — 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… …

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  • 6churn — 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 …

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  • 7churn — [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… …

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  • 8churn — ► 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… …

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  • 9Churn — 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… …

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  • 10Churn — (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 …

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