milk churn en · NOUN
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| milk churns | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| milk-churn | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Relateds
milking parlour · milking machine · milk cow
Synonyms
Translations (12)
ca lletera (conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk) · fi maitotonkka (conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk) · fr pot au lait (conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk) · pl bańka na mleko (conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk) · sv mjölkkruka (conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk) · sv mjölkkanna (conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk) · fr pot à lait (conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk) · ru бидо́н для молока́ (conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk) · ja ミルク缶 (conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk) · tr süt güğümü (conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk) · ko 우유통 (conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk) · nb melkespann (conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk)