Associations to the word «Concoction»

Wiktionary

CONCOCTION, noun. (obsolete) Digestion (of food etc.).
CONCOCTION, noun. The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
CONCOCTION, noun. A mixture prepared in such a way.
CONCOCTION, noun. Something made-up, an invention.
CONCOCTION, noun. (obsolete) (figurative) The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
CONCOCTION, noun. (obsolete) (medicine) Abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition.
CONCOCTION, noun. (obsolete) The act of perfecting or maturing.

Dictionary definition

CONCOCTION, noun. Any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade".
CONCOCTION, noun. An occurrence of an unusual mixture; "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction".
CONCOCTION, noun. The invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose; "his testimony was a concoction"; "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories".
CONCOCTION, noun. The act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components.

Wise words

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