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Word entry · 5 letters

churn

Best crossword clue

"Stir vigorously"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /tʃɜːn/Part of speech verb, nounSorted chnruStarts with CEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter

Word origin

Noun from Middle English chyrne, cherne, kyrne ( > Scots kirn), from Old English ċyrn, ċyrin, ċirin (“churn”), from Proto-Germanic *kirnijǭ (“churn”); verb from Middle English chyrnen from Old English ċernan, from Proto-Germanic *kirnijaną (“to churn, stir”), of unknown origin. Cognate with West Frisian tsjerne, Dutch karn, Walloon serene, German Karn, Kirne, Norwegian Bokmål kjerne, Danish kærne, Swedish kärna, Icelandic kirna.

Used in a sentence

  • Now the cream is churned to make butter.
  • no-churn ice cream
  • Churned in his teeth, the foamy venom rose.

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