churning

English

Verb

churning

  1. present participle and gerund of churn

Noun

churning (plural churnings)

  1. The act by which something is churned.
    • 2023 December 27, Mindy Weisberger, “Ancient bricks baked when Nebuchadnezzar II was king absorbed a power surge in Earth’s magnetic field”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Earth is surrounded by a magnetosphere — an invisible bubble of magnetism generated by the powerful churning of molten metals at Earth’s core.
  2. The quantity of butter prepared (by churning) at one time.

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