Churn Definition

chûrn
churned, churning, churns
noun
churns
A container or contrivance in which milk or cream is beaten, stirred, or shaken to form butter.
Webster's New World
The occurrence, ratio, or amount of turnover of investments, customers, commodities, etc.
Webster's New World
Turbulence or agitation.
American Heritage

A vessel used for churning.

A butter churn.
Wiktionary

(telecommunications) The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • butter churn
verb
churned, churning, churns
To use a churn in making butter.
Webster's New World
To stir, beat, or shake (milk or cream) in a churn.
Webster's New World
To make by the agitation of milk or cream.
Churn butter.
American Heritage
To move or stir as if in a churn.
Many ideas churning in his brain.
Webster's New World
To stir up vigorously.
Webster's New World
idiom
churn out
  • to produce regularly and copiously, esp. in a mechanical or uncreative way
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Churn

Noun

Singular:
churn
Plural:
churns

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Churn

Origin of Churn

  • From Old English ċyrin. Cognate with West Frisian tsjerne, Dutch karn and Walloon serene.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English chirne from Old English cyrn, cyrin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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