How to spell churn

Churn is spelled C-H-U-R-N.

hear itchurn/tʃɜrn/verbLong vowels

What it means: To stir cream to make butter.

In a sentence: The farmer used a wooden stick to churn the creamy milk into butter.

Same family: churning, churned, butter, agitate, upset. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "churn" originally referred to shaking cream in a container to make butter, from Old English "cyrin" or "cyrnel" for a butter-making vessel. Over time, its meaning expanded to describe any violent stirring or restless, troubled feeling inside.

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