English Dictionary

churn

/tʃɜːn/

noun

A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter. / A milk churn. / Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company.

She used a churn to make butter.

意味（1）

A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.

a butter churn

意味（2）

A milk churn.

In the old days, milk trains consisted entirely of vans loaded with ten-gallon churns. When filled, these churns weigh 130 lb. each and their manipulation is an art. … Like the tank wagons, the churns are dairy property, but farmers often have other ideas, and find their own uses for them—it has not been unknown for dairy inspectors to find missing churns tucked away in an unsuspected corner of a farmhouse, filled to the brim with banknotes!

意味（3）

Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company.

意味（4）

(telecommunications) The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.

意味（5）

(telecommunications) The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers.

意味（6）

Cyclic activity that achieves nothing.

I wished my brain would shut up and knew that soon I'd have to start tidying, but first I needed to rest, so I tried to quell the pointless churn behind my eyes and kept on trying (in a minute) until Vicky came back home.