milk churn

milk churn

English

Alternative forms

• milk-churn

Noun

milk churn (plural milk churns)

1. A tall, conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk.
   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 7

     "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."

Synonyms

• (conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk): milk can

Translations

conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk

Finnish: maitotonkka (fi) French: pot à lait, pot au lait

Norwegian: Bokmål: melkespann n