1. concoction(n = noun.food) intermixture, mixture - any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"
Derived form verb concoct2
2. concoction(n = noun.event) - an occurrence of an unusual mixture; "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"
Derived form verb concoct1
3. concoction(n = noun.cognition) - 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"
Derived form verb concoct3, verb concoct4
4. concoction(n = noun.act) confection - the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components;
Derived form verb concoct1, verb concoct2
1. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion. [1913 Webster]
2. The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared. [1913 Webster]
3. The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination. Donne. [1913 Webster]
4. Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition. [1913 Webster]
5. The act of perfecting or maturing. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
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