churn, butter churn
(noun) a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk
churn
(verb) stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter
churn, boil, moil, roil
(verb) be agitated; “the sea was churning in the storm”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
churn (third-person singular simple present churns, present participle churning, simple past and past participle churned)
(transitive) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
(transitive, figuratively) To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
(intransitive) To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.
(of a customer) To stop using a company's product or service.
(informal, travel, aviation) To repeatedly cancel and rebook a reservation in order to refresh ticket time limits or other fare rule restrictions.
(US, informal, finance, travel) To continually sign up for new credit cards in order to earn signup bonuses, airline miles, and other benefits.
churn (countable and uncountable, plural churns)
A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.
Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company.
(telecommunications) The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.
(telecommunications) The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers.
Cyclic activity that achieves nothing.
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Source: Wiktionary
Churn, n. Etym: [OE. chirne, cherne, AS. ceren, cyrin; akin to D. karn, Dan. kierne. See Churn, v. t.]
Definition: A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separete the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter.
Churn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Churned; p. pr. & vb. n. Churning.] Etym: [OE. chernen, AS. cernan; akin to LG. karnen, G. kernen, D. karnen, Dan. kierne, Sw. kärna, and also to E. corn, kernel, the meaning coming from the idea of extracting the kernel or marrow. See Kernel.]
1. To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter.
2. To shake or agitate with violence. Churned in his teeth, the foamy venom rose. Addison.
Churn, v. i.
Definition: To perform the operation of churning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
