A vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk.

synoniem: butter churn.

Nederlands: overstapkandidaten
Pools: maselnica, masielnica, maślnica, maślniczka, maśniczka

Stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter.

Roget 352: inspissate^†, incrassate^†; thicken, mash, squash, churn, beat up.    sinter.   

Nederlands: karnen

Be agitated:
— The sea was churning in the storm.

synoniemen: boil, moil, roil.

Roget 315: be agitated &c.; shake; tremble, tremble like an aspen leaf; quiver, quaver, quake, shiver, twitter, twire^†, writhe, toss, shuffle, tumble, stagger, bob, reel, sway, wag, waggle; wriggle, wriggle like an eel; dance, stumble, shamble, flounder, totter, flounce, flop, curvet, prance, cavort [U.S.]; squirm.    throb, pulsate, beat, palpitate, go pitapat; flutter, flitter, flicker, bicker; bustle.    ferment, effervesce, foam; boil, boil over; bubble up; simmer.    toss about, jump about; jump like a parched pea; shake like an aspen leaf; shake to its center, shake to its foundations; be the sport of the winds and waves; reel to and fro like a drunken man; move from post to pillar and from pillar to move from post to pillar and from pillar to post, drive from post to pillar and from pillar to drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post, keep between hawk and buzzard.    agitate, shake, convulse, toss, tumble, bandy, wield, brandish, flap, flourish, whisk, jerk, hitch, jolt; jog, joggle, jostle, buffet, hustle, disturb, stir, shake up, churn, jounce, wallop, whip, vellicate^†.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: woelen, agiteren, schuimbekken, briesen, zieden, razen, koken