1. A vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk
   "The pioneer woman used a wooden butter churn to make fresh butter for her family";
   - butter churn
    
2. A measure of the number of people stopping a service or leaving a job over a given period
   "The company worked to reduce its high customer churn rate";
   - churn rate
    
3. [Brit] A large metal container for milk
   "The farmer poured the fresh milk into the churn"

1. (cooking) stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter
   "They churned the cream for hours to make homemade butter"
    
2. Be agitated
   "the sea was churning in the storm";
   - boil, moil [N. Amer], roil

Derived forms: churned, churning, churns

Type of: move, stir, vessel

Encyclopedia: Churn