Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.
a butter churn
Rührtrommel, Butterfass, Butterfaß
маслобо́йкаmaslobójka
(countable, uncountable)A milk churn (container for the transportation of milk).
(uncountable)Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company.
(countable, uncountable)The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.
отто́к абоне́нтовottók abonéntov
(countable, uncountable)The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers.
(countable, uncountable)Cyclic activity that achieves nothing.
(countable, historical, uncountable)The last grain cut at harvest; kern.
- a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk
Examples
22 sentencesAs I milk, the cat churns.
The cat churns while I milk.
The farmer attempts to churn milk.
The farmer is trying to churn milk.
The trucks have churned up the muddy road.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
Noun from Middle English chyrne, cherne, kyrne ( > Scots kirn), from Old English ċyrn, ċyrNoun from Middle English chyrne, cherne, kyrne ( > Scots kirn), from Old English ċyrn, ċyrin, ċirin (“churn”), from Proto-Germanic *kirnijǭ (“churn”); verb from Middle English chyrnen from Old English ċernan, from Proto-Germanic *kirnijaną (“to churn, stir”), of unknown origin. Cognate with West Frisian tsjerne, Dutch karn, Walloon serene, German Karn, Kirne, Norwegian Bokmål kjerne, Danish kærne, Swedish kärna, Icelandic kirna.
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Forms
plural: churnsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk:butter churn
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable