to churn

Examples

• All

• On Sundays, we always had ice cream, and I was allowed to churn it and, of course, lick the dasher.

  Fiction book (2002)

• I must pound the spices while Mother churns the butter.

  Fiction book (2000)

• We do things like churn butter or like make rope, right?

• Probably gonna churn our own butter for the dinner rolls.

  I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2009)

• Churn that butter for me.

  Hail, Caesar! (2016)

• Who would like to see Mary Todd churn butter?

  Bad Teacher (2011)

• "I've got the first loaves baking now, and we just churned some fresh butter."

  Fiction book (1990)

• She was churning butter.

  Bridesmaids (2011)

• That's how you make butter, you know: you keep churning and churning, and then finally it hardens.

  Fiction book (1995)

• He spent the afternoon in the kitchen as he learned how to churn butter from fresh cream.

Synonyms

C

to churn butter

vsto churn

2 6.8

To make butter by shaking cream until it becomes solid

focuses on the vigorous stirring action rather than the separation result

Phrasal Verbs

C

to churn out

• Informal

21 4.0

To make large amounts quickly with little care

C

to churn butter

2 6.8

To make butter by shaking cream until it becomes solid

C

to churn ice cream

1 3.5

To mix and freeze a sweet creamy mixture by stirring it without stopping

C

to churn up

• Informal

1 7.3

Make people feel strong disgust or moral upset

Compounds

B

butter churn

2 7.4

A container for making butter by stirring cream until butter forms

How Vigorous

to churn

20 4.6

to whip

153 2.4

to beat

156 1.0

to stir

152 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology