Churn
[tʃɜːn] or [tʃɝn]
Definition
(noun.) a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk.
(verb.) stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter.
(verb.) be agitated; 'the sea was churning in the storm'.
Checker: Rupert--From WordNet
Definition
(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 globules from the other parts, and obtain butter.
(v. t.) To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter.
(v. t.) To shake or agitate with violence.
(v. i.) To perform the operation of churning.
Checker: Otis
Definition
n. a machine used for the production of butter from cream or from whole milk.—v.t. to agitate cream so as to obtain butter.—v.i. to perform the act of churning.—ns. Churn′-drill a drill worked by hand not struck with the hammer a jumper; Churn′ing the act of making butter: the quantity of butter made at once; Churn′-staff the plunger used in an upright churn: the sun-spurge.
Typist: Vilma
Examples
- The meat is run through enormous automatic grinders and choppers, and through mixers that approach a dairy churn in size. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the kitchen, the washing machine, the churn, the cheese press, ironing machine, wringer, the rat trap, and fruit jar. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The product is then cooled in ice, and after a second churning with milk it is salted and finished like butter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There have been over 2,700 patents granted for churns alone, and besides these there are milk coolers, cheese presses, milk skimmers, and even cow milkers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Edited by Jimmy