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Meaning of 'concoction' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Concoction [ n.]
- A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.
- The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.
- The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination.
- Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition.
- The act of perfecting or maturing.

Meaning of 'concoction' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . concoction [ n]
Meaning (1):
- any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
Example in sentence:
  • he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade;
  • he volunteered to taste her latest concoction
Meaning (2):
- the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose
Example in sentence:
  • his testimony was a concoction;
  • she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories
Meaning (3):
- an occurrence of an unusual mixture
Example in sentence:
  • it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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