About The Word Concoction

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Concoction

Concoction Meaning & Definition
Concoction Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Concoction?

[n] the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
[n] 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"
[n] an occurrence of an unusual mixture; "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"
[n] any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Concoction: confection | intermixture | mixture

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See Also | batter | conception | creating from raw materials | design | dough | dressing | excogitation | filling | food product | foodstuff | innovation | invention | mincemeat | mix | mix | mixture | premix | roux | stuffing

Concoction In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*coc"tion\, n. [L. concoctio.] 1. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion. [Obs.] 2. The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared. 3. The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination. --Donne. 4. (Med.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition. [Obs.] 5. The act of perfecting or maturing. [Obs.] --Bacon.

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