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milk churn

milk churn noun: a tall, conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk.

milk churn: a tall, conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk
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Noun

milk churn (plural milk churns)

  1. A tall, conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk.
    • "Why, mother," laughed the farmer as he passed through the kitchen, swinging the great milk-churns, "you've got almost more than you can manage there."1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 7”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    milk can

Synonyms of milk churn

Forms of milk churn

pluralmilk churns
alternative formmilk-churn

Questions about milk churn

What does milk churn mean?
Milk churn means a tall, conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk.
What part of speech is milk churn?
Milk churn is a noun.
What is the plural of milk churn?
The plural of milk churn is milk churns.

Words near milk churn in the dictionary

  1. milk cartons
  2. milk chocolate
  3. milk chocolates
  4. milk chocolatey
  5. milk chocolaty
  6. milk churn
  7. milk churns
  8. milk cow
  9. milk cows
  10. milk crate
  11. milk crates

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