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Concoction

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 Related Terms \| Find terms related to Concoction: admixture \| alloy \| amalgam \| artifact \| authorship \| beginning \| blend \| brainchild \| brew \| canard \| child \| coinage \| combination \| combo \| commixture \| composite \| conception \| confection \| contrivance \| contriving \| creation \| creative effort \| creature \| crowning achievement \| decoction \| decoctum \| devising \| distillation \| effect \| end product \| ensemble \| essence \| extract \| extravaganza \| fable \| fabrication \| fiction \| figment \| forgery \| fruit \| generation \| handiwork \| hatching \| immixture \| improvisation \| intermixture \| invention \| issue \| magma \| making do \| manufacture \| masterpiece \| masterwork \| mintage \| mixture \| myth \| new mintage \| offspring \| opera \| opus \| opuscule \| origination \| outcome \| outgrowth \| paste \| product \| production \| result \| romance \| work 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.

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

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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