churn

To move or turn around strongly and repeatedly; to feel unpleasant movement inside your stomach.

• The water churned beneath the boat.
• My stomach was churning before the interview.
• Dark clouds churned above the mountain.

How to use it: churn with something (Her stomach churned with anxiety.)

Similar words: seethe, swirl

Common phrases: stomach churn, churn with something, water churn

To stir or shake liquid repeatedly and quickly, especially cream to make butter.

• We churn cream to make butter.
• The machine churned the mixture for ten minutes.
• She was churning milk in a wooden tub.

How to use it: churn something into something (They churned the cream into butter.)

Similar words: agitate, stir

Common phrases: churn cream, churn butter, churn the mixture

A machine or tool that shakes or stirs cream to make butter.

• The churn turns cream into butter.
• She turned the handle of the old churn.
• Modern churns can process large amounts of cream.

Similar words: butter maker

Common phrases: butter churn, wooden churn, turn the churn

A container in which cream is shaken or stirred to make butter.

• Pour the cream into the churn.
• The wooden churn stood in the farmhouse kitchen.
• They washed their churns after making butter.

Similar words: butter churn

Common phrases: butter churn, wooden churn, fill the churn