Churn (Noun)
Meaning
A vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The farmer poured the heavy cream into the churn and began to agitate it by hand.
- Her grandmother used to make butter by hand in a large wooden churn on the porch.
- She placed the lid on the churn and began to turn the handle in a steady rhythm.
- After several minutes of churning, the cream began to thicken and separate into butter and buttermilk.
- The antique churn sat in the corner of the museum, a relic of a bygone era in dairy production.